Why do we allow our pets to sleep with us in bed?
Could it be . . . unconditional love?

Masters of the bedroom
By Bob Morris

ALSO . . .

The New York Times

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very night for the past year, Kathy Ruttenberg has been taking a bath, putting on
pajamas, turning on CNN and getting into
bed with a little pig named Trixie.
“She’s a great cuddler if you lie still,” said Ruttenberg, a 53-year-old artist who lives near Woodstock, N.Y.
“But if you’re restless, she gets annoyed, and
her hooves are very sharp.”
Ruttenberg has the black-and-blue marks to
show for it. Still, of all the animals she has in her
bed (there are also two kittens and three terriers,
to be precise), Trixie, a 16-pound Vietnamese potbellied pig, is her favorite because of the way she
spoons.
“I have an Angora rabbit, too,” Ruttenberg
said.
“But he’s on the floor running around because

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the other animals don’t allow him up. We have a
hierarchy in our bedroom.”
Ruttenberg’s habit of sleeping with pets mirrors that of Paris Hilton, who has slept with a pig
— of the four-legged variety — and was once bitten at her home at 3 a.m. by a kinkajou, a tiny
raccoon-related creature.
Keeping that sort of menagerie may be
unusual, but the habit of allowing animals in bed
is not.
Figures vary, but according to a recent study
published by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 14 percent to 62 percent of the 165
million dogs and cats in this country sleep in bed
with humans, with other surveys skewing higher.

The Associated Press

Patricia Garcia-Gomez and her Rhodesian ridgeback,
Turn to Pets/A5 Sylvie, in her bedroom in New York City.

PA police interns
hail from near and far

Police, two other
departments OK’d
for Facebook pages
By Tom Callis

Peninsula Daily News

PORT ANGELES — Facebook users
will soon be able to “fan” three city of Port
Angeles departments.
After the City Council adopted a social
media policy this week, the Police Department, Economic and Community Development Department and Recreation Division
have been given the go-ahead to start their
own Facebook pages to better communicate
with Port Angeles’ Internet-savvy residents.
Deputy Chief Brian Smith, who is setting up the page for the Police Department,
said he should have it launched next week.
The police will use the page to post
alerts and news releases, he said.
No comments will be allowed.
“We don’t have time to maintain postings,” Smith said.
“What I want them [Facebook users] to
do is be able to find us,” he added.

Major projects
The Economic and Community Development Department will use a page to post
information about major projects, such as
the waterfront development plan, said
assistant planner Roberta Korcz.
Korcz said it hasn’t been determined
when that page will be launched or whether
comments will be allowed.
“We haven’t developed a plan of action
yet in our department,” she said.
Richard Bonine, recreation services
manager, said it’s also unknown when his
division’s page will be made.
City Manager Kent Myers told the City
Council that the city may expand its Facebook presence after six months.
Port Angeles is not the first public
agency on the North Olympic Peninsula to
embrace social media.
There are Facebook “fan” pages for Clallam County, the Clallam County Courthouse, Clallam County parks, the Clallam
County Public Utility District, the Clallam
County Sheriff’s Office and the Clallam
County Auditor’s Office.

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Port Angeles Police Department interns Matt Wolff and Claudia Schulz pause while at the Clallam County
Courthouse on Thursday.

Learning from the ground up
Students from PA, Germany given behind-scenes experience
By Paige Dickerson

began his internship in September.
Schulz contacted Deputy Chief Brian
Smith last year asking about internships,
PORT ANGELES — Two interns at
which she needed to fulfill an internathe Port Angeles Police Department this
tional internship required by her univeryear hail from home and abroad.
sity’s public administration department.
Last week, Claudia Schulz, 23, who
Wolff, meanwhile, applied last year as
comes from Germany, began familiarizing a way to get his foot in the door to his
herself with the department to prepare
preferred profession in police work.
for projects during her three-month
The program has benefits for both the
internship.
students and the department, said Smith.
Matt Wolff, 28, a 2001 graduate of
“They, of course, are the top priority —
Port Angeles High School and current
helping them reach their goals, learn for
student in the Bachelor of Business Man- their profession and ultimately, we’ll
become references for jobs,” he said.
agement program at Peninsula College,
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“But for us, it is also helpful — they
get to work that we aren’t able to and can
really be a benefit to the department.”
Schulz will work on the Police Department’s website to see what is most userfriendly, determining what kinds of documents could be uploaded and helping the
department make its Facebook debut, she
said. (See story at left.)
Wolff has been working with the
detectives division and as one of his
required projects completed the Police
Department’s annual report, Smith said.
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Leon: Love
Madonna, but
no acting tips
CARLOS LEON MAY
have a close relationship
with Madonna, but he has
no plans to ask her for acting tips.
When
asked about
the notion,
Leon told
AP Entertainment:
“God no.
Career tips,
yes, but
Leon
never acting tips.”
Leon made the comments while promoting the
romantic comedy, “Immigration Tango,” about two
couples arranging fake
marriages to get green
cards. He and Madonna
have a daughter, Lourdes,
together.
Leon said the superstar
is supportive of everything
he does, saying she “comes
to the theater when I do
theater.”
While they remain great
friends, Leon said it’s not
easy having a child with
such a prominent celebrity.
As he puts it: “I can find
a cure for AIDS and every
disease possible, and I’ll
still be associated with
Madonna. And that’s OK.”

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Strike

a pose

Arnold Schwarzenegger goes over
every detail Wednesday as he gets the
first in-person look at the larger-than-life,
9-foot clay sculpture artist Ralph
Crawford is sculpting for him in
Lewiston, Idaho. Once complete, the
statue will be bronzed and sent to to be
displayed in Schwarzenegger’s home
town of Thal, Austria.

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Boy for Stewart
It’s a boy for Rod Stewart and his wife, Penny
Lancaster.
A statement released
Thursday said the couple’s
second son, Aiden, was
born Wednesday. The baby
weighed 7 pounds 12
ounces. No other details

were
released.
The
statement
said:
“Mother
and baby
are healthy
and bliss-

Stewart

fully happy.”
Their older son,
Alastair, was born in
2005.
The 66-year-old British
rocker’s hits include “Forever Young” and “Do Ya
Think I’m Sexy?”

Passings
By The Associated Press

LEN LESSER, 88, the
veteran character actor best
known for his scene-stealing
role as Uncle Leo on “Seinfeld,” died Wednesday.
Mr. Lesser’s family
said in a
statement
that he died
in Burbank,
Calif., from
cancerrelated
Mr. Lesser
pneumonia.
“Heaven got a great
comedian and actor today,”
his daughter, Michele, said
in the statement.
Mr. Lesser’s lengthy list
of television credits included
parts on “Get Smart,” “That
Girl,” “The Munsters,” “The
Monkees,” “The Rockford
Files,” “thirtysomething,”
“ER” and “Everybody Loves
Raymond,” which featured
Mr. Lesser in a recurring
role as the arm-shaking
Garvin.
His film credits included

In 1961,
he moved to
Washington,
where he
became
_________
NBC’s
bureau chief.
BILL MONROE, 90,
who hosted the long-running He worked
Mr. Monroe
on the
Washington political televiin 1985
sion show “Meet the Press”
“Today
for nearly a decade, died
Show,” winning the Peabody
Thursday at a WashingtonAward in 1972, and sucarea nursing home.
ceeded Lawrence Spivak as
Mr. Monroe was the NBC host of “Meet the Press” in
show’s fourth moderator,
1975.
from 1975 to 1984, and
Marvin Kalb, who with
interviewed prominent politRoger Mudd co-hosted “Meet
ical figures ranging from
the Press” after Mr. Monroe
President Jimmy Carter to
left, called him a “consumU.S. Secretary of State
mate interviewer” and a
Henry Kissinger.
“gracious host.”
Mr. Monroe’s daughter,
“I think fairness was the
Lee Monroe, said her father
word that would best
had taken a fall in Decemdescribe him as host,” Kalb
ber that put him in a nurssaid.
ing home and had not been
well since.

“Outlaw Josey Wales,” “Kelly’s Heroes,” “Birdman of
Alcatraz” and “Death Hunt.”
He most recently appeared
on the TV drama “Castle.”

■ A “Birthday Corner”
item for Martha Allison in
Thursday’s edition on Page
C3 contained an incorrect
address.
Allison’s 90th birthday
party will be held at Independent Bible Church’s
Family Life Center, 116 E.
Ahlvers Road, from 2 p.m. to
4 p.m. Sunday.
■ An article on Page A1
of Thursday’s Jefferson
County edition incorrectly
identified the discussion categories for the Quilcene
Conversation on Saturday.
The correct categories are
the opening and reopening
of businesses in Quilcene,
how to beautify Quilcene,

how to put Quilcene back on
the map and how to support
families with services and
recreation.
■ In a story on Page B4
Thursday, The Associated
Press erroneously reported
that Western Washington
University Theater Arts
associate professor Perry
Mills was suspended without pay. He was suspended
with pay, not without.

_________
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strives at all times for accuracy
and fairness in articles, headlines
and photographs. To correct an
error or to clarify a news story,
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Peninsula Lookback

From the pages of the Peninsula Daily News

1936 (75 years ago)
The funeral establishment at 115 W. Fourth St.
in Port Angeles has
changed ownership.
The former Lyden
Funeral Home was
acquired by partners T.C.
McDonald and Roy W.
Schumacher, the latter of
Sequim, and will now be
known as McDonald
Funeral Home.
McDonald had been
manager of Lyden Funeral
Home for about a year.

1961 (50 years ago)
Members of the Port
Angeles City Council and
School Board tentatively
agreed that the site of the
city’s new indoor swimming
pool will be at the corner of

Fifth and Chase streets.
Final decision depends
on approval of the site by
the city’s architects and test
borings by engineers to
determine soil quality.
It was noted that the
school district is planning a
central service building on
Fourth Street near the
northwest corner of the proposed pool property.

1986 (25 years ago)
Port Angeles City Council members will consider
term limits for those serving on appointive boards
and commissions.
Council members
already are subject to term
limits, passed by a 67 percent majority of voters last
year.

Looking Back
From the files of The Associated Press

TODAY IS FRIDAY, Feb. 18,
the 49th day of 2011. There are 316
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
■ On Feb. 18, 1911, the
world’s first officially sanctioned
airmail flights were completed as
Fred Wiseman, carrying three letters, arrived in Santa Rosa, Calif.,
in his biplane a day after leaving
Petaluma (engine trouble having
forced an overnight stop) while in
India, French pilot Henri Pequet
carried some 6,500 letters and
postcards from Allahabad to Naini
in 13 minutes.
On this date:
■ In 1546, Martin Luther,
leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, died in Eisleben.
■ In 1564, artist Michelangelo

died in Rome.
■ In 1735, the first opera presented in America, “Flora, or Hob
in the Well,” was performed in
present-day Charleston, S.C.
■ In 1861, Jefferson Davis was
sworn in as provisional president
of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala.
■ In 1885, Mark Twain’s
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
was published in the U.S. for the
first time.
■ In 1930, photographic evidence of Pluto (now designated a
“dwarf planet”) was discovered by
Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell
Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.
■ In 1960, the 8th Winter
Olympic Games were formally
opened in Squaw Valley, Calif., by
Vice President Richard M. Nixon.

■ In 1970, the “Chicago Seven”
defendants were found not guilty
of conspiring to incite riots at the
1968 Democratic National Convention; five were convicted of violating the Anti-Riot Act of 1968, but
those convictions were later
reversed.
■ In 1977, the space shuttle
Enterprise, sitting atop a Boeing
747, went on its maiden “flight”
above the Mojave Desert.
■ In 1984, Italy and the Vatican signed an accord under which
Roman Catholicism ceased to be
the state religion of Italy.
■ Ten years ago: Auto racing
star Dale Earnhardt Sr. died from
injuries suffered in a crash at the
Daytona 500; he was 49.
Death claimed baseball Hall of
Famer Eddie Mathews at age 69,

broadcaster Roger Caras at age 72,
Cheaper by the Dozen co-author
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. at age 89
and painter Balthus at age 92.
■ Five years ago: American
Shani Davis won the men’s 1,000meter speedskating in Turin,
becoming the first black athlete to
win an individual gold medal in
Winter Olympic history.
■ One year ago: In Austin,
Texas, software engineer A. Joseph
Stack III crashed his single-engine
plane into a building containing
IRS offices, killing one person
besides himself.
President Barack Obama personally welcomed the Dalai Lama
to the White House but kept the
get-together off-camera and lowkey in an attempt to avoid inflaming tensions with China.

Peninsula Daily News for Friday/Saturday, February 18-19, 2011

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Briefly: Nation
Cargo handler
sentenced to
life for JFK plot

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,
who pledged that the GOP-controlled House would refuse to
approve even a short-term measure at current funding levels to
keep the government operating.
He prefaced his remarks by
NEW YORK — A former
accusing
Democrats of risking a
cargo handler was sentenced in
shutdown “rather than to cut
federal court in Brooklyn to life
in prison Thursday for hatching spending and to follow the will
a plot to make John F. Kennedy of the American people.”
Moments later, Senate MajorInternational Airport go “up in
smoke” by attacking jet fuel sup- ity Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,
plies with the help of a notorious retorted that Boehner was
resorting “to threats of a shutal-Qaida explosives expert.
down without any negotiation.”
Russell Defreitas, 67, and
The sparring occurred as the
another man had been convicted
House labored to complete work
last year of multiple conspiracy
on veto-threatened legislation to
counts in a failed scheme that
was infiltrated by a government cut more than $61 billion from
the budget year that’s more
informant.
than a third over. That bill also
At trial, jurors heard tapes
would provide funding to keep
recorded by the informant in
the government operating until
which Defreitas, 67, ranted
Sept. 30.
about wanting to avenge U.S.
mistreatment of Muslims across
the globe.
Wiry hair defense
Defreitas was among four
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — A
men charged in the plot.
Philadelphia man’s wiry hair
Co-defendant Abdel Kadir, an has helped him beat a robbery
engineer and former member of rap.
Guyana’s parliament, was senThe evidence against Timotenced in December to life in
thy Corbett included surveilprison.
lance footage and an eyewitness
The plotters were accused of
account, but his defense was
reaching out to Adnam Shukrithat his stiff hair didn’t match
jumah, an FBI most-wanted ter- the tousled appearance of the
rorist who has been indicted on
man in the video.
federal charges he was involved
The Bucks County, Pa., jury
in a failed plot to attack the
agreed Wednesday, finding him
New York City subway system
not guilty of charges including
with suicide bombers.
robbery and terroristic threats.
Defense attorney Louis
Federal shutdown
Busico tugged on his client’s
WASHINGTON — In a deep- hair during closing arguments,
telling the jury that if he
ening struggle over spending,
couldn’t move it, there was no
Republicans and Democrats
swapped charges Thursday over way Corbett was the man with
a possible government shutdown the mussed locks in the video.
Corbett had been charged
when funding expires March 4
with robbing a convenience store
for most federal agencies.
“Read my lips: We’re going to April 24.
cut spending,” declared House
The Associated Press

9-city Medicare bust
nets 100-plus arrests
By Kelli Kennedy

The Associated Press

MIAMI — Federal authorities
charged more than 100 doctors,
nurses and physical therapists in
nine cities with Medicare fraud
Thursday, part of a massive
nationwide bust that snared more
suspects than any other in history.
More than 700 law enforcement agents fanned out to arrest
dozens of people accused of illegally billing Medicare more than
$225 million.
The arrests are the latest in a
string of major busts in the past
two years as authorities have
struggled to pare the fraud that’s
believed to cost the government
between $60 billion and $90 billion each year.
Stopping Medicare’s budget
from hemorrhaging that money
will be key to paying for President
Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and
Attorney General Eric Holder
partnered in 2009 to allocate
more money and manpower in
fraud hot spots.
Thursday’s indictments were

for suspects in Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Detroit, Chicago, Brooklyn, Tampa, Fla., and
Baton Rouge, La.
A podiatrist performing partial
toenail removals was among 21
indicted in Detroit.
Dr. Errol Sherman is accused
of billing Medicare about $700,000
for the costly and unnecessary
procedures, which authorities
said amounted to little more than
toenail clippings.

Toenail tally
The podiatrist billed Medicare
for 20 nail removals on three toes
of one patient, according to the
indictment. He charged Medicare
about $110 for each procedure.
A message could not be left at
Sherman’s office Thursday.
A Brooklyn, N.Y., proctologist
was charged with billing $6.5 million for hemorrhoid removals,
most of which he never performed.
Dr. Boris Sachakov claimed he
performed 10 hemorrhoid removals on one patient, which authorities said is not possible. An
employee who answered at Sachakov’s office declined comment
Thursday.
Sachakov had been arrested

last year on charges related to a
separate scam. Sachakov denied
the charges.
Authorities also busted three
physical therapy clinics in Brooklyn run by an organized network
of Russian immigrants accused of
paying recruiters to find elderly
patients so they could bill for
nearly $57 million in physical
therapy that amounted to little
more than back rubs, according to
the indictment.
In Miami, two doctors and several nurses from ABC Home
Health Care Inc. were charged
with swindling $25 million by
writing fake prescriptions recommending nurses and other expensive aids to treat homebound
patients, authorities said. The
services were never provided.
A message left Thursday was
not immediately returned.
As Medicare has expanded to
one of the largest payer systems
in the world, the agency has
struggled to weed out crooks.
Sebelius has promised more
decisive action on the front end,
by vigorously screening providers
and stopping payment to suspicious ones, under greater authority granted by the Affordable Care
Act.

Briefly: World
Five protesters
killed; Bahrain
locked down
MANAMA, Bahrain — Bahrain’s leaders banned public
gatherings and sent tanks into
the streets Thursday, intensifying a crackdown that killed five
anti-government protesters and
wounded more than 200.
Bahrain’s streets were
mostly empty after the bloody
clampdown on political unrest
in the wake of uprisings that
toppled leaders in Egypt and
Tunisia.
Bahrain is a key part of
Washington’s military counterbalance to Iran by hosting the
U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.
While part of the recent
revolt in the Arab world, the
underlying tensions in Bahrain
are decades old and pit the
majority Shiites against the
Sunni elite.
Bahrain’s rulers and their
Arab allies depict any sign of
unrest among their Shiite populations as a move by neighboring Shiite-majority Iran to
expand its clout in the region.
After allowing several days
of rallies in the capital of
Manama by disaffected Shiites,
the island nation’s Sunni rulers
unleashed riot police who
stormed a protest encampment
in Pearl Square before dawn,
firing tear gas, beating demonstrators or blasting them with
shotgun sprays of birdshot.

Protesters shot in Iraq
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq —
Kurdish security guards opened
fire Thursday on a crowd of protesters calling for political

reforms in northern Iraq, killing
at least two people, officials
said, showing even war-weary
Iraq cannot escape the unrest
roiling the Middle East.
The demonstration in Sulaimaniyah was the most violent
in a wave of protests that
extended to the southern cities
of Kut, Nasir and Basra.
The hundreds of Kurdish
protesters in the northern city
of Sulaimaniyah on Thursday
demanded political reforms
from the regional government in
the semiautonomous territory.

West Bank field trip
JERUSALEM — At a time
when peace talks with the Palestinians are stalled over Jewish settlements, the Israeli government plans to send schoolchildren on field trips to a disputed holy site in one of the
West Bank’s most volatile flash
points.
Education Minister Gideon
Saar said the visits to Hebron,
the traditional burial site of the
biblical patriarch Abraham and
home to some of Israel’s most
radical settlers, are part of a
plan to acquaint Israeli youngsters with their heritage.
Palestinian and Israeli critics
both call it an exercise in indoctrination that will ignore the
thousands of dispossessed Palestinians living nearby.
“Palestinian children in
Hebron are forbidden to walk on
the street [leading to the tomb
compound] and visit the area —
but Israeli schoolchildren can?
It’s incitement against the Palestinians,” said Issa Amro, a
Palestinian activist in Hebron.
The visits are set to begin
next year on a trial basis.
The Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A group of
Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers
blocked passage of a sweeping
anti-union bill Thursday, refusing
to show up for a vote and then
abruptly leaving the state in an
effort to force Republicans to the
negotiating table.
As ever-growing throngs of
protesters filled the Capitol for a
third day, the 14 Democrats disappeared around noon, just as the
Senate was about to begin debating the measure, which would end
a half-century of collective bargaining rights for most public
employees.
Hours later, one member of the
group told The Associated Press
that they had left Wisconsin.
“The plan is to try and slow
this down because it’s an extreme
piece of legislation that’s tearing
this state apart,” Sen. Jon Erpenbach said in a telephone interview.
Democrats hoped Republican

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Gov. Scott Walker and GOP lawmakers would consider revisions
to the bill.
Walker, who took office just
last month, urged the group to
return and called the boycott a
“stunt.”
The governor predicted the
group would come back in a day
or two after realizing “they’re
elected to do a job.”

Governor stands firm
Walker said Democrats could
still offer amendments to change
the bill, but he vowed not to concede on his plan to end most collective bargaining rights.
With 19 seats, Republicans
hold a majority in the 33-member
Senate, but they are one vote
short of the number needed to
conduct business. So the GOP
needs at least one Democrat to be
present before any voting can
take place.
Once the measure is brought
to the floor, it needs 17 votes to
pass.

As Republicans tried to begin
Senate business Thursday, observers in the gallery screamed “Freedom! Democracy! Unions!”
Opponents cheered when a
legislative leader announced
there were not enough senators
present to proceed.
The drama in Wisconsin
unfolded in a jam-packed Capitol.
Madison police and the state
Department of Administration
estimated the crowd at 25,000
protesters, the largest number
yet.
Hundreds of teachers joined
the protest by calling in sick, forcing a number of school districts to
cancel classes.
Thousands more people, many
of them students from the nearby
University of Wisconsin, slept in
the rotunda for a second night.
The proposal marks a dramatic shift for Wisconsin, which
passed a comprehensive collective
bargaining law in 1959 and was
the birthplace of the national
union representing all nonfederal
public employees.

. . . more news to start your day

World: Obama to make
state visit to Britain in May

World: Ammo depot blast
kills 25, splits up families

World: Activists fill streets
on ‘day of rage’ in Libya

World: 12 from 9 nations
die when tour boat sinks

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA will
make a state visit to Britain in May at
the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II, officials said Thursday.
Prime Minister David Cameron’s
office said it is pleased that Obama
has accepted the invitation to visit the
U.K. along with first lady Michelle
Obama from May 24-26.
The trip will come just before a G-8
summit in France, which Obama is
expected to attend.
The White House confirmed the trip,
noting it will be the president’s first
state visit to a European country.
More details will be made available
later, the White House said.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
crowded a Tanzanian stadium for
safety Thursday after a military ammunition depot exploded and showered
the city of Dar es Salaam with a series
of blasts, killing at least 25 and prompting a stampede getaway.
In the mayhem of residents fleeing
the blasts, more than 150 children lost
track of their parents, and officials
appealed for mothers and fathers to
report to the stadium to reunite with
their offspring.
President Jakaya Kikwete promised
an investigation into the explosions
Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

LIBYAN PROTESTERS SEEKING
to oust longtime leader Moammar
Gadhafi defied a crackdown and took
to the streets in five cities Thursday on
what activists dubbed a “day of rage.”
There were reports that at least 20
demonstrators have been killed in
clashes with pro-government groups.
An opposition website said unrest
broke out during marches in Beyida,
Benghazi, Zentan, Rijban and Darnah.
Organizers were using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter
to call for nationwide demonstrations.
Meanwhile, hundreds of pro-government demonstrators rallied in the capital, Tripoli.

WATER RACED INSIDE a Vietnamese tour ship and sucked it down
as guests were sleeping, killing 12
people from nine countries Thursday.
Vacationers from the U.S., Britain,
Australia, Japan, Russia, France, Sweden and Switzerland died along with
their Vietnamese tour guide in the
deadliest tour boat accident since the
country opened to foreign visitors 25
years ago.
All were sleeping on the ship, which
was anchored in about 30 feet of water
in Ha Long Bay, which is one of the
country’s top tourist attractions.
Nine foreigners and six Vietnamese
survived.

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Peninsula Daily News

OMC welcomes new health care providers
By Rob Ollikainen

Since he started Dec. 1,
Jones has streamlined the
center’s inpatient psychiatric consultation service.
But for the most part,
Jones said, he has pulled
his foot off the accelerator
“because you never want to
fix what isn’t broken.”
“There’s a lot of things
about the provision of mental health care in this community that’s not broken,”
Jones said.
OMC helped recruit
Jones to the Peninsula
Community Mental Health
Center.
“It obvious to us at this
point that he will be a valuable contributor to this
community,” said Peter
Casey, director of the Peninsula Community Mental
Health Center, which is at
118 E. Eighth St., Port
Angeles.

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PORT ANGELES —
Olympic Medical Center
has officially welcomed five
new health care providers.
Dr. Josh Jones, a psychiatrist, and physician’s assistants Bernadette Gonsalves, Rebecca Sorg, Travis
Babcock and Patricia Christiansen — all of whom
joined OMC in 2010 — were
welcomed during a hospital
commissioners meeting in
Linkletter Hall in the basement of the Port Angeles
medical center.
Jones is a board-certified
general and forensic psychiatrist at Peninsula Community Mental Health Center, which has a partnership
with OMC.
Jones spent the past four
years in private practice in
Rochester, N.Y. He graduated from the University of
Washington School of Medicine and completed his
undergraduate work at the
University of Puget Sound.
“I was born in White
Salmon and raised in
Kelso,” Jones said proudly.

patients call her Bernie,
was hired to handle chronic
pain management.
“I’m glad to be a part of
OMC,” she said.
Sorg is a physician’s
assistant for two established OMC providers.
“I’ve been here since
July, and I’m enjoying it
very much,” Sorg said.

Orthopedic clinic

Christiansen and Babcock joined Olympic Medical Orthopaedic Clinic, 1004
E. Caroline St., Port Angeles.
Babcock is a recent graduate of the University of
Nebraska Medical Center.
He is an avid skier who said
he wanted to live close to
the mountains.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Christiansen grew up in
New physicians to the Olympic Medical Center system include, front row
the Bremerton area and
from left, Rebecca Sorg and Bernie Gonsalves, family practice physician
was trained in Roanoke, Va.
assistants, and psychiatrist Josh Jones, and, back row from left,
“I moved right back here
Primary care center
physican’s assistants in orthopedics Patricia Christiansen and Travis
as fast as I could because
Babcock.
Gonsalves and Sorg this is home,” she said.
joined the Olympic Medical
________
“So to me, Port Angeles is a as a psychiatrist in Iraq.
mental health care on the Primary Care Center, a satReporter Rob Ollikainen can be
big city.”
He spoke of “wonderful North Olympic Peninsula ellite clinic at 433 E. Eighth reached at 360-417-3537 or at rob.
As an officer in the Army opportunities” and “fright- amid financial pinches at St., Port Angeles.
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Reserve, Jones has worked ening challenges” facing the state and federal level.
Gonsalves,
whose com.

PORT ANGELES —
Olympic Medical Center
replaced its decade-old ventilator line with three new
machines that have carbon
dioxide-monitoring technology.
The seven commissioners approved the $95,850
purchase during Wednesday night’s board meeting
in Linkletter Hall.
The five ventilators
being used now were
deployed in 2001, and the
manufacturer will stop
making parts at the end of
this year.
“It is time to move on,”
said Dr. Scott Kennedy,
OMC’s chief medical officer.
Pulmonologists
and
respiratory therapists at
OMC recommended the

Servo-I ventilators the
board approved by a unanimous vote.
“Our goal is to put in
place the three new ventilators, these Servo-Is, in the
CCU [critical care unit]
here at OMC by this April,”
Kennedy said.
The total cost exceeded
the budgeted $90,741
because of $4,800 for software for carbon dioxide
monitoring, Kennedy said. Two additions

‘Remarkable briefs’
Commissioner
John
Nutter, chairman of the
Budget and Audit Committee, said OMC staff has
“done a remarkable job
keeping the ones we have
going for 10 years.”
“But I think it’s time to
move on and upgrade,” Nutter added.

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Commissioner Jim Cammack asked Kennedy if the
three new ventilators would
satisfy the day-to-day needs
of the hospital.
“We can probably count
on one hand the number of
times in a year that we
would need more than three
ventilators,” Kennedy said.
“That would be a very
unusual situation.”
The old ventilators will
be kept in reserve, however,
in case they are needed.

board of directors meeting
at the agency’s facility at
325 E. Sixth St. at 5 p.m.
Wednesday.
The public is welcome.
For more information,
phone 360-457-8355.

In other board action,
commissioners approved an
$89,000 design contract for
additional office space at
the Sequim medical services building and an
$81,615 design contract to
expand the OMC primary
care clinic at Eighth and
Cherry streets in Port Angeles.
Hospital officials were

briefed on the yearly financial statement audit, which
was prepared by the
accounting firm Moss
Adams LLC.
“There’s no uncorrected
adjustments in 2010,” said
Eric Nicholson, a partner at
Moss Adams. “The books
were ready. We audited
those numbers. We agreed
with those numbers. We
believe that your numbers
were sound.”
Nicholson said OMC’s
financial outlook mirrors
other hospital districts
struggling with lower
patient volumes and higher
uncompensated care.
Uncompensated care,
defined as charity care or
bad debt, was $5.4 million
in 2006 compared with
$8.5 million in 2010, Nicholson said.
Revenue is holding flat
because some patients are
opting out of heath care

By Jeff Chew

Peninsula Daily News

SEQUIM — City Manager Steve Burkett will
PORT TOWNSEND —
next week launch a search
A benefit chamber music
for a new planning director,
concert for the Port
a position now being tempoTownsend High School
rarily filled.
orchestra and band pro“We’re primarily going to
grams will be held at the
be advertising in the region
Upstage, 923 Washington
in professional journals for
St., from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
planners,” Burkett said
Sunday, Feb. 27.
Thursday.
Acts set to perform
Pay range for the posiinclude the Port Townsend
tion is $83,000 to $106,000
High School Chamber
a year, depending on experiOrchestra; the WHAT! Quar- ence, the city manager said.
tet; soloists Forrest Walker
Joe Irvin has been acting
on viola, Shona Walker on
as interim planning direccello and Taylor Mills on
tor since Burkett and Denfrench horn; and others.
nis Lefevre, former planA donation of $5 per
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person or $10 per family
decided in October to a
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position
effective
Oct. 31.
“I have encouraged Joe
to apply,” Burkett said, but
he has not heard from Irvin
yet if he is a candidate.

Zoning reform
Irvin, 28, who Lefevre
hired fresh out of college
about five years ago, now
makes $72,000 a year in his
interim position and has
been heavily involved in
zoning reform and downtown planning issues now
before the City Council.
Burkett said he expects
to make a hire by the end of
May, expecting an out-ofarea hire to start in no later

Nicholson said there is
“a lot of uncertainty” about
the health care reform law
that passed last year and
how it will affect hospitals.
He said the state’s $4.6 billion budget deficit for the
2011-2013 biennium is adding to the uncertainty.
“Right now, the big news
is reform,” Nicholson said.
“We just don’t know what’s
________
going to happen, which
makes it hard for people to
Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be
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than a month later.
Should Irvin be hired,
Burkett said, he would be
able to start immediately,
but it would create an opening for an associate planner
— Irvin’s position before he
temporarily moved up to
run the city Planning
Department.
The new director, whoever he or she might be, has
a lot to do, Burkett said.
“Seriously, it’s a high priority in terms of council
goals,” he said, involving
the update of the city’s comprehensive plan and implementation of the downtown
plan.
As part of the downtown
plan study and development process, Burkett,
Irvin, City Council members and the Planning Commission will tour Poulsbo
and Bainbridge Island on
Friday, Feb. 25.
The visit will involve a
walking tour to Poulsbo
Place, which is a residential
neighborhood designed to

capture the traditional historic charm of downtown
Poulsbo, and a “meet-andgreet” with Bainbridge
planners.

Walking tour
The Sequim contingent
will take part in a walking
tour of the Erickson Avenue
Cottages, The Winslow
mixed-use development
and the Island Gateway
project, including the art
and children’s museums.
Burkett said the city
chose to visit the two
municipalities in Kitsap
County because they are of
comparable size to Sequim.
They also have downtown residential development such as that being
discussed in the Sequim
downtown planning process.

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Reform uncertainty

Eric Lewis briefed the commissioners on fiscal challenges facing OMC.
“The state level is probably the most concerning of
what’s going to happen to
Olympic Medical Center’s
reimbursement,”
Lewis
said.
OMC was paid $1.8 million last year through a program called Certified Public
Expenditure for Medicaid
inpatient reimbursement.
“We want to preserve it
and maintain it,” Lewis
said. “There is concern
because the funds are limited. There’s a lot of uncertainty of whether this program will even continue.
This is probably our No. 1
issue.”

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services because of the cost,
Nicholson added.
OMC’s operating margin
— or income divided by revenue — was 1.5 percent
over the past five years.
Hospital officials said they
need to achieve a 4 percent
margin to properly reinvest
in capital improvements.

Pets: Animals ‘keep us in the present tense’
Continued from A1
The reasons are welldocumented.
First, touching, human
or otherwise, raises levels of
oxytocin in the body, creating feelings of contentment.
And, of course, the comfort that an unconditionally
loving animal provides in
bed is an emotional balm,
especially for the depressed,
lonely or anxious.
“Animals are uncomplicated and keep us in the
present tense,” said Mark
Doty, the author of a memoir called Dog Years, which
chronicles the death of a
lover:
“When Wally could
barely move, I saw him lifting his hand to reach over
and pet Beau, our young
retriever, who was curled
up next to him.
“He couldn’t even feed
himself, but he had the
strength and will to give
comfort to a dog at his side.
It was remarkable.”

Dangerous habit?
It’s no surprise that pet
owners like Doty seem
unconcerned about the
study published earlier this
month by the CDC in which
two California doctors warn
that allowing pets to sleep
in the bed can be dangerous
and can spread zoonoses,
pathogens that go from animals to people.
According to Bruno
Chomel, a professor at the
University of California at
Davis, and Ben Sun of the
California Department of
Public Health, the risks are
rare but real. (See the sidebar.)
They cite instances of
fleas from cats transmitting

have not been researched.
It’s also not good for
babies.
And there have been
cases of animals spreading
resistant strains of staph
infections and other diseases by licking cuts and
wounds after surgery, so it’s
not recommended that pets
be allowed in bed then.

Researchers warn against kissing pets
The Associated Press

In an article for a scientific journal, a University of California at
Davis veterinary professor writes
that people who allow their pets to
lick them, give them “kisses” — or
sleep with them — are at risk for a
variety of diseases known as zoonoses.
The conditions can range from
the mundane to the life-threatening.
Bruno Chomel and his coauthor, Ben Sun, emphasize that
pets provide many health benefits,
including stress relief, and they
stop short of recommending that
people abstain from smooching
their pooches.
But in reviewing reports from
several countries, they argue that
such interactions carry some risk,
particularly among infants and
people whose immune systems
have been weakened by disease,
chemotherapy or other medicines.
“The risk is not huge — but the
trend is that more and more people
are sharing their environments
with pets, allowing them in their
bubonic plague and fleas
from dogs spreading chagas
in South America, with
symptoms of mild fever and
fatigue.
However, kicking pets
out of bed isn’t likely to be
an option for many people.
First of all, it’s difficult to
retrain animals once they
have established a routine.
Erica Lehrer and Richard Goldman of Houston
learned that when they
tried to keep their three
cats out of the bedroom
after installing an expensive black carpet.

beds, kissing them like crazy,”
Chomel said in an interview.
The popular notion that dog
saliva is cleaner than human saliva
is a real myth, and people need to
realize “that a risk does exist” from
bacteria that live in the mouths of
felines and canines.

If you indulge . . .
Those who do choose to share
bed and lip space with animals can
avoid disease transmission by
hand-washing, tooth-brushing, regular veterinary care and good overall hygiene, Chomel said.
“Certainly I am a pet lover, but
my pets have never been in my
bed,” said Chomel.
As for doggy and kitty licks and
kisses, he said, “You could do it, but
I’m not sure your husband will
want to kiss you after that.”
In their article in this month’s
edition of the journal Emerging
Infectious Diseases, Chomel and
Sun noted that pets are becoming
increasingly popular in urban
households and “have conquered
our bedrooms.”

“They staged a protest:
cried all night, pounded
with their cat paws on the
door,” said Lehrer, 52, a
writer.
After three sleepless
nights, she said: “They won
and moved back in. We
bought a really good vacuum cleaner.”

Indoors vs. outdoors
At least their cats are
indoor animals.
That means there is less
risk of having mice and
other critters deposited in

Among the bacterial, parasitic
and viral conditions they may be
bringing with them are plague, catscratch disease and staphylococcus
infections, Chomel and Sun
reported.
The researchers reviewed literature about diseases transmitted
from animals to humans.
In Japan, a study found evidence of zoonoses in pet owners
who kissed their animals regularly
but not in those who abstained,
according to the paper.
Some of these bugs cause mild
symptoms, but others can morph
into daunting illnesses, such as
meningitis.
In the United States, the most
common parasitic zoonoses associated with dogs are caused by hookworms and roundworms, which in
humans can cause gastrointestinal
symptoms, anemia and other conditions.
Pasteurella multocida, an infection commonly caused by pet licks,
can cause everything from mild
respiratory symptoms to serious
conditions including endocarditis.

the bed.
Staying indoors, like
most city cats do, also
reduces the risk of fleas,
ticks and other potential
disease carriers.
Which brings us to dogs.
Could all that slush they
walk through and bring
into bed at this time of year
be a risk to health as well
as to housekeeping?
“I’d say just wipe them
down, and you’ll be fine,”
said Lucy O’Byrne, a veterinarian at the West Village
Veterinary Hospital in New
York.

Leader of the pack
But even if licking is
risky, the risks might well
be offset by the benefits,
given the evidence suggesting that pets can increase
longevity and boost the
immune system.
“If the dog starts licking
the baby too much, we discourage it,” said Alexandra
Horowitz, author of the
best-selling Inside of a Dog
and a psychology professor
at Barnard, who sleeps with
her toddler, husband and
dog without worry.
“But in general, if you’re
a dog person, you live with
dirt and other things that
come in benign and less
benign forms.
“I think the health risks
are overstated. I say that if
it’s mutually agreeable, just
as it is between two people,
then sharing a bed with a
dog is fine.”
Even Cesar Millan, the
hard-nosed dog trainer
known for his TV series
“The Dog Whisperer,”
agrees, though he believes
the dog should be invited up
each night, just to show it
who’s the real leader of the
pack.
“Then choose the portion
of the bed where the dog
sleeps,” he wrote in his book
Cesar’s
Way.
“Sweet
dreams.”

“As long as you have
good flea and tick control
and keep your pet healthy
the way most people do, you
don’t have to worry.”
Chomel, author of the
CDC study, doesn’t disagree.
There is far more risk,
he warned, with pet licks
and kisses.
If you have a wound or if
your immune system is
compromised,
licking
should be avoided. Meaning, don’t let the dog lick
you — the hazards involved
in the other way around

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The section of Water Street between Monroe Street and Adams Street in Port Townsend will be
closed for about a month for paving and renovation.

Part of PT’s main street set
to close for almost a month
By Charlie Bermant

day morning.
After Water Street
reopens in mid-March, the
next step will be the paving
of both sides of Madison
Street, scheduled for completion April 15.
Also to be finished
April 15 will be the paving
and landscaping of Pope
Marine Park.
Then a bronze sculpture
by artist Gerard Tsutakawa,
Salish Sea Circle, will be
installed at the corner of
Water and Madison streets.
Another aspect of the
project will be the opening
of the visitor center around
March 5.
The building, which once
housed the police station,
contains a meeting space as
well as new public rest-

rooms that will replace the
portable toilets now in use.
Miller said the current
plan is to have the restrooms accessible between
7 a.m. and 10 p.m., but
those hours could expand
over the summer.
Twenty-four-hour access
is possible, he said, but only
if no vandalism occurs.
“At the skate park, we
said we’d leave it open as
long as there was no graffiti; otherwise, we would
shut it down,” he said.

_________

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Sidewalks open
Sidewalks along Water
Street will be kept open
during the closure, Miller
said.
The project, which began
last summer, has changed
as it has developed.
One of the goals was to
fill “void” areas below the
sidewalks to prevent a collapse during an earthquake,
but it turned out that some
of the areas thought to be
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empty during a sonar test.
This required backfilling
PORT TOWNSEND — but was less expensive than
Traffic on a section of Water filling the void areas with
Street downtown will be solid material, Miller said.
diverted for about a month
as city crews repave the Water to be turned off
street and replace sidewalks between Monroe and
Another change occurred
Adams streets.
when the city decided to
The closure will begin replace a 100-year-old
Tuesday and last until waterline.
March 18, according to projThis will cause a water
ect manager Tom Miller.
shutdown 7 a.m. Tuesday
During the closure, traf- to 7 a.m. Wednesday.
fic will be routed along
During this time, busiQuincy and Washington nesses and residences
streets, which will allow within the shutoff area will
vehicle access to City Hall, receive water service
the American Legion and through a hose connection,
the Northwest Maritime Miller said.
Center.
Water service is expected
Semitrucks and recre- to return to normal Wednesational vehicles will not be
allowed to make a right
turn on Washington Street
and will instead be routed
through uptown, Miller
said.

Continued from A1 program in 2009, Smith
said.
The department is
“I’ve always had an
interest in law enforce- already looking for two
ment, and whether I get interns for the summer
into the local or federal months, he said.
Although the internlevel, I thought this
would be good experi- ships are unpaid, the
interns receive credit in colence,” he said.
So far, the biggest lege programs, he said.
Because the program
challenge was just learning the details of the job, has been successful for the
he said.
police, the City Attorney’s
“It has been hard to Office has also asked Smith
take all the years of to recruit possible interns,
training that they have he said.
and ultimately get it
To apply for an interndown in just a couple of ship, phone Smith at 360months,” he said.
912-0184 or e-mail bsmith@
cityofpa.us.

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Peninsula Daily News

PA may kill appeal on sewage project
Staff suggests city end
to local-level petitions
By Tom Callis

state Shoreline Hearings
Board after the state
Department of Ecology
PORT ANGELES — An gives its approval of the
appeal filed last month permit.
against the city’s monumental sewage overflow ‘Out of bounds’
project may be killed by the
The proposed change
City Council.
Last Tuesday, staff pro- prompted a protest from
posed the council adopt a Darlene Schanfald of the
new policy that would elim- environmental council.
“Trying to pass a law
inate the local-level appeal
of conditional-use permits this Tuesday to retroacgranted for development tively change this appeal
process is out of bounds and
along the shoreline.
The move would mean perhaps illegal,” she told
that the council would not the council during the pubhear the appeal of the lic comment period.
Schanfald also said it’s
shoreline permit granted by
the city’s Planning Com- more costly and time-conmission for City Hall’s suming for appellants to
$40 million project to get take an issue before the
control of its sewage over- state board rather than the
City Council.
flows.
Removing the local
Instead, the Olympic
Environmental Council, appeal process for the conwhich filed the appeal, ditional-use shoreline perwould have to appeal to the mits would make it more
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difficult for permits to be
challenged, she said.
Staff had recommended
the council waive the second reading of the ordinance and adopt it at the
meeting. The council voted
to continue the matter at its
next meeting, March 1.
Nathan West, city economic and community
development director, told
the council the proposed
change is not meant to target the environmental
council’s appeal.
“They are not intended
to reflect any appeal,” he
said.
West and City Attorney
Bill Bloor said the proposed
change is meant to follow
the council’s desire to not
handle appeals.
“This ordinance tonight
is one step in that process,”
Bloor said.
As a solution, the council
has discussed hiring a hearings examiner. Bloor said
that is still under consideration.
He said the city is looking at eliminating the locallevel appeal of conditional-

use shoreline permits
because, unlike other permits, the council’s decision
has little weight.
Even if the council sided
with the appellants, the
state Department of Ecology can still approve the
permit, Bloor and Planning
Manager Sue Roberds said.
Roberds said that is unique
to conditional-use permits.

Little process change
Bloor said the city isn’t
waiting for the environmental council’s appeal to be
heard by the council before
proposing the change
because it doesn’t significantly change the process
for appellants.
“Because the decisionmaker here is really the
Department of Ecology, people have more than ample
process available in the
shoreline hearings,” he said.
“It doesn’t really start until
we get to the final decision,
which is the Department of
Ecology. It would be an
unnecessary delay.”
The
environmental

council filed the appeal on
the basis that the city’s plan
to use a large tank to temporarily store untreated
sewage and stormwater
doesn’t adequately fix the
problem. The appeal challenges the permit and the
“determination of nonsignificance,” which meant an
environmental
impact
statement was not needed.
The city expects slightly
more than one overflow a
year on average with the
use of the nearly 5-milliongallon storage tank it purchased from Rayonier Inc.
last November.
Untreated
effluent
would travel to the tank
along new sewer lines that
would be placed through
the industrial waterline.
That will require construction along the shoreline,
which is why a shoreline
permit is needed.
The
environmental
council has said the city
should eliminate the problem at the source, which
would involve separating
stormwater from the city’s
sewers.

The city has said that
would be too expensive.
Roberds said an environmental statement was not
needed because public
works staff had provided all
of the necessary information during the environmental checklist process.

Staying on schedule
Glenn Cutler, city public
works and utilities director,
said an appeal would have
to be resolved before the
summer so the city can seek
bids for construction and
stay on schedule.
He said he did not seek
to have the policy changed
in order to dismiss the
appeal, noting that an
appeal to the Shoreline
Hearings Board would also
affect the project.
Cutler said he was “not
part of the discussions”
regarding the proposed
change.

________
Reporter Tom Callis can be
reached at 360-417-3532 or at
tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.
com.

Seattle expert
to lead youth
suicide lecture
By Paige Dickerson

a creek ravine in early February.
Authorities characterPORT ANGELES — The ized the hanging as a suiPort Angeles School District
cide.
will host a “community conversation” on suicide pre25-year professional
vention Tuesday with a specialist from Seattle.
Eastgard has worked on
Sue Eastgard of Youth mental health issues for 25
Suicide Prevention of Wash- years as a clinician, manington state will lead the ager and director of crisis
discussion from 7 p.m. to services and suicide preven8 p.m. at the Port Angeles tion efforts.
High School Library, 304 E.
She was president of the
Park Ave.
American Association of
It is the second such pro- Suicidology in 2002 and
gram. The first was held was the program chair for
Feb. 10.
the association’s 1997
Parents,
community National Healing after Suimembers and students are cide Conference.
invited to attend.
“I encourage anyone who
Eastgard said she will is interested in learning
answer questions and give more about the topic to
information, but it will be attend Tuesday evening,”
more of a conversation than said Port Angeles High
a speech.
School Principal Garry
“I will be weaving in
Cameron.
information about what are
“Since there will be some
some contributing factors
and how would we know sensitive topics discussed,
when a young person is the presenter recommends
depressed and considering that any children who have
not reached high school age
suicide,” she said.
“Also, what are some be accompanied by an
resources we can turn to in adult.”
Schools Superintendent
the school and community?
“I’ll also be addressing Jane Pryne said parents
what is the community’s who have concerns or quesresponsibility in regard to tions can phone the disthese deaths and what can trict’s counselors at 360the community do differ- 565-1562.
Clay Rife, who is the
ently.”
school liaison officer with
the Port Angeles Police
Follows two incidents
Department, said police are
The program was sched- also trained in suicide preuled in response to two sui- vention, and he and his felcides.
low officers are willing to
Port Angeles High help if a parent is worried
School junior Jacob Bird about someone who is
died from a self-inflicted potentially suicidal.
gunshot wound in late JanTo contact a law enforceuary.
ment officer in a nonemerHis father came forward gency situation, phone 360and publicly identified his
452-4545.
son and the circumstances
For more information on
of Bird’s death in the hopes
the Youth Suicide Preventhat parents and others
could prevent further sui- tion Program, visit www.
yspp.org for addition inforcides.
Then a 15-year-old Port mation and resources.
________
Angeles High School student, whose name Port
Reporter Paige Dickerson can
Angeles police did not be reached at 360-417-3535 or at
release because she was a paige.dickerson@peninsuladaily
minor, was found hanged in news.com.
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Ride

through the park

Vickie Smith of Sequim rides her Azteca horse, named Froncolou Chia, along a horse
trail at Robin Hill Farm County Park on Wednesday. She said she rides every day she
can and appreciates the beauty of the area and how well people keep the park clean.
However, forecasters are calling for wintry weather this weekend, making outdoor jaunts
a bit chilly. For the AccuWeather 5-day forecast, see Page C10.

Cyclists to share adventures in Portugal
Peninsula Daily News

Adventure cyclist Willie
Weir will return to Port
Townsend and Sequim to
share his latest bicycle
adventure through Portugal.
He will display photos
and tell tales:
■ Wednesday
at
7:30 p.m. at Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State

Park as part of the Winter
Wanderlust series.
■ Thursday at 7 p.m.
at the Sequim High School
cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim
Ave., for the Traveler’s
Journal series.
“This trip can be summarized as ‘any port in a
storm,’” said Weir.
Weir and his wife, Kat
Marriner, bicycled along

past 12 years.
Weir and Marriner live
in Seattle.
Admission to Winter
Wanderlust is $7 for adults,
$1 for students.
Admission to Traveler’s
Journal is $5, free for those
younger than 18.
Both programs benefit
the Peninsula Trails Coalition.
Winter Wanderlust also
supports Fort Worden’s
Olympic Hostel.
For more information,
phone 360-385-0655 or 360683-1734.

scenic low-trafficked roads,
through vineyards and
along a wild, dramatic
coastline.
Along the way, they were
“accosted by a herd of sheep,
frightened out of their
minds by a still-unknown
beast and almost blown off
a sand dune into the Atlantic Ocean,” the event
announcement said.
Weir is a columnist for
Adventure Cyclist magazine. His latest book, Travels with Willie: Adventure
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PORT ANGELES — A
Clallam County Superior
Court judge is considering
arguments in a Land Use
Petition Act review of a
county commissioners May
2010 ruling that said a rock
quarry above the Elwha
River violates county code
because it is in an erosion
zone.
Judge George L. Wood
gave no indication of when
he would make a ruling on
the appeal brought forth by
Little River Quarry owners
Mike and Susan Shaw and
George and Patricia Lane.
“I’m going to spend a lot
of time looking at all this,”
Wood said after hearing the
case Jan. 26.
“I appreciate your arguments. They’re well-taken,
and I’ll get to it as soon as I
can.”
County commissioners
upheld a June 2009 ruling
of Clallam County Hearing
Examiner Pro Tem Lauren
Erickson that said the
quarry poses an erosion
hazard area because it is on
a slope greater than 40 percent and consists of unconsolidated rock.
The Board of County
Commissioners initially

dismissed the appeal, but
Superior Court sent it back
to the quasi-judicial board
for a ruling.
Superior Court was the
next step on the appellate
track.
“Once the Superior
Court rules on this, the case
can be appealed to the State
appellate court to be
reviewed ‘de novo’ or anew,
with no presumption of correctness or deference to the
Superior Court ruling,”
Clallam County Chief Civil
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Douglas Jensen wrote
in an e-mail.
“Judge Wood indicated
at an earlier hearing that
because he will be unavailable during a portion of
February that a decision
may not issue until March.”
Erickson’s 2009 ruling
upheld an earlier recommendation of the Clallam
County Department of
Community Development.
A permit was granted to
the quarry owners in 2007
under the Forest Practices
Act to allow exploratory
mining on the 40-acre parcel owned by the Shaws and
Lanes off Olympic Hot
Springs Road just outside
the boundary of Olympic
National Park.
Attorneys for both sides
presented complex legal

arguments on their interpretations of county code in
the Jan. 26 hearing.
Craig Miller, one of the
attorneys representing the
appellants, cited inconsistencies in the code.
“Our key argument was
that the county did not
administer its ordinance as
it is written,” Miller said
after the hearing.
“Our point is that it
requires a site-specific
determination based on the
best available science.”

Critical areas law
Jensen and Toby Thaler,
the attorney who represents the Upper Elwha
River Conservation Committee, a group of citizens
who oppose the quarry,
have argued that it falls
under a critical areas ordinance.
“The county alleged that
appellants were asking the
Court to interpret a portion
of the County’s critical
areas ordinance relating to
‘erosion hazard area’ to
exclude their quarry, and
for the Court to rely upon
the interpretation of County
code of appellants’ in so
doing,” Jensen wrote.
“Appellants had alleged
that the examiner should
have and the court is

allowed to determine what
is the ‘best available science’ for this particular permit review and at this particular time regarding erosion hazard areas, in overruling the Department’s
and Examiner’s interpretation of the regulations.”
By contrast, the county
said best-available science
can be considered and
applied only when drafting
erosion hazard regulations,
Jensen said.
Furthermore, Jensen
said, the appellant’s bestavailable-science approach
was barred under the
Growth Management Act
and local regulations.
“The county argued that
the only real issue before
the court was whether this
site met the county’s criteria for designation as an
erosion hazard area,” Jensen wrote.
The Land Use Petition
Act review is a closed-record
appeal, meaning no new
evidence or information can
be considered.
The state Department of
Natural Resources informed
the Shaws and Lanes in
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
March 2008 that they could
no longer operate the approval in 2007 and 2008.
Reporter Rob Ollikainen can be
quarry under the Forest
reached at 360-417-3537 or at rob.
The quarry was first pro- ollikainen@peninsuladailynews.
Practices Act. The quarry
com.
operated without county posed in 1998.

PT Food Co-op gives
$10,815 to projects
Peninsula Daily News

PORT TOWNSEND —
The Food Co-op in Port
Townsend has donated
$10,815.50 to support Jefferson County Farm to
School Coalition projects,
including the J.C. School
Gardens project.
Jefferson County Farm
to Schools Coalition is a
community-based group
working to improve the
nutritional value of food
served in Jefferson County
schools.
During the month of
January, shoppers at the
Food Co-op were asked to
“buy an apple” from the
donation tree at the front
entrance to the store.
Paper apples with dollar
amounts ranging from $1 to
$500 hung from a dwarf
cherry tree donated by Gardens at Four Corners in
Port Townsend.
The fundraiser asked
shoppers to support the J.C.
Gardens project, which
recently lost grant funding.

There are active school
garden projects at Grant
Street Elementary School
and Quilcene School.
The fundraising effort
also generated other individual donations made
directly to the J.C. Farm to
School Coalition from owners of the Food Co-op ranging from $300 to $500 dollars.

Of the total donation,
$815.50 has been earmarked for supporting the
school gardens project while
the remaining $10,000 of
the donation was made
available to support the
broader mission of the Jefferson County Farm to
Schools Coalition.

Garden projects

In addition to the donation of money, the Food
Co-op has also offered to
help the school district purchase directly from local
farms more easily by allowing growers to leave goods
for the school cafeteria at
the store when they deliver
product.
The Food Co-op has also
offered free delivery of the
local farm products to the
school kitchens and is willing to donate time to help
prepare local farm products
in its commercial kitchen
due to the limited food
preparation space at the
school kitchens.

“We are fortunate to
have active garden projects
in Jefferson County,” said
Food Co-op Outreach/Education Manager Brwyn
Griffin.
“When the funding for
the school gardens was lost,
a program with two years of
success was at risk of being
lost.
“At the Food Co-op,
where we have over 7,000
owners, we saw an opportunity to support the school
district through supporting
the J.C. Farm to School
Coalition,” Griffin said.

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basic combat training at
Fort Jackson in Columbia,
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Chimacum High School in
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benefits to the families of
police officers who die of
heart attacks made its first
movement through the Legislature on Thursday.
The bill is sponsored by
Sen.
Jim
Hargrove,
D-Hoquiam, one of the legislators representing the
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news services
in Olympia.
It would deem the death
OLYMPIA — A state
Senate bill that would give of a police officer from heart

attack or stroke workrelated for insurance purposes if it occurred within
24 hours of participating in
certain activities.
The legislation was
voted out of the Senate
Labor, Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee on Thursday.
The bill will need to pass
out of two more committees
to reach the Senate floor.

Its companion bill in the
House passed out of its first
committee earlier this
month.

Amendments added
The Senate committee
added amendments to the
bill before it was approved:
n “Heart problem” was
substituted for “heart
attack,” which broadens the

definition for a qualifying
heart-related claim for survivor benefits. The House
version of the bill already
includes this amendment.
n A list of health factors
that employers can use to
rebut heart or strokerelated claims for police
officers was added.
The factors include the
use of tobacco and evidence

of being overweight.
The bills were prompted
by an incident last year in
which a Federal Way police
officer died of a heart attack
while guarding a crime
scene and his family was
denied survivor benefits by
the state Department of
Labor and Industry.
Both bills would also add
strokes as an occupational
disease for firefighters.

OLYMPIA — Keeping a
dog chained up in unsafe
conditions could get the
owner fined under a proposed state law being considered by the state Senate.
Supporters told the Senate Judiciary Committee
this week that chained or
tethered dogs are more
likely to turn mean and are
sometimes
deliberately
mistreated so they’ll be
angry watchdogs at drug or
gang houses.
Opponents argued existing law already protects
dogs from unsafe conditions, whether they are
chained or running free.
Most dog bites, and all
recent deaths caused by dog
attacks, occurred with dogs
that weren’t chained, they
said.
The Senate Judiciary
Committee isn’t quite ready
to roll over on the issue.
It wants some work on
language for Senate Bill
5649, which would make it
a misdemeanor to repeatedly keep a dog outside on a
chain or tether without adequate food, water and shelter; in severe weather; or in
other unsafe or unsanitary
conditions.
Owners would first get
warnings and information
about safer practices, then a
civil infraction ticket, then
a misdemeanor charge for
repeat violations.
“Tethering is connected
to neglect,” said Lewis
County Deputy Prosecutor
Deborah Eurich, who told
the panel it is already illegal in some states.

Hargrove responds
That prompted an objection from Sen. Jim Hargrove, D-Hoquiam.
Hargrove represents Jefferson and Clallam counties
and part of Grays Harbor
County along with state
Reps. Kevin Van De Wege
and Steve Tharinger, both
D-Sequim.
Hargrove said he lives in

“Sometimes, tethering
appropriately is way
more freedom than
keeping them in the
kennel.”

Sen. Jim Hargrove
D-Hoquim

the country and doesn’t
want his dogs to run off and
get hit by a car.
“I think it’s cruel to keep
a dog in the house,” said
Hargrove.
“Sometimes, tethering
appropriately is way more
freedom than keeping them
in the kennel.”
Some panel members
had questions about how
the bill would apply. Sen.
Cheryl Pflug, R-Maple Valley, said she was worried
about overgeneralizing.
“We’re trying to legislate
common sense and compassion — it’s extraordinarily
difficult to write that into
statute,” she said.
Members of the committee said they are concerned
about animal cruelty and
related personal experiences with dogs, both
chained and unchained.
That led to the following
joking exchange between
Chairman Adam Kline,
D-Seattle, and Hargrove
about encountering chained
dogs on the campaign trail:
Kline: More than once,
I’ve observed a dog on a
chain running to the end of
the chain and being jerked
off by it.
Hargrove: It’s obviously
a conservative.
Kline: We can talk about
the authoritarian nature of
people who deal with dogs
that way and how dogs are
sometimes an extension of
people.
Hargrove: You’re going
down the wrong path.
Kline: I can’t help it. My
dog’s a border collie, and
he’s smarter than I am.
Hargrove: You got that
on tape, too.
Kline: It’s true.
Hargrove: Maybe he
should run for the Senate?

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Tobacco retailers could get
OK for cigar, pipe smoking

First Teacher
has programs
for parents

Critics said the bill she can get her bill through
threatens public health and the Legislature.
OLYMPIA — More than
Oregon lawmakers curundermines the will of the
five years after state voters
rently are considering a
majority of voters.
banned smoking in most
statewide ban on plastic
public places, lawmakers
Plastic
bags
bags.
are considering making an

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exception for a limited
number of tobacco retailers.
The Senate Labor, Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee on
Thursday heard public testimony on a measure that
would permit up to 100
cigar lounges and 500 retail
tobacco shops to apply for
state endorsements to allow
cigar and pipe smoking on
their premises.
Cigarette smoking still
would be banned.

Proceeds to health care
Most of the proceeds
from the sale and renewal
of endorsements would go
to support health care.
Supporters said the bill
would bring much-needed
revenue to the state.
They said most other
statewide smoking bans
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public health administrator,
and she doesn’t like the
candy bars, chips and sodas
she sees on sale in the Capitol Dome Deli.
She has introduced a bill
that would require state
agencies to improve the
nutritional value of food
sold to state employees and
in state institutions.
For example, sodas and
sugary drinks could amount
to no more than one-fifth
the drinks sold by vendors
or in vending machines.
The bill also would
encourage consumption of
fat-free or low-fat dairy
products and lean meats.
Limits would be placed
on fried foods and foods
with added sugar.

In other action in Olympia:
A state lawmaker is
renewing her efforts to ban
throwaway plastic bags
from retail stores in Washington.
Sen. Maralyn Chase,
D-Shoreline, has introduced
a measure that would prohibit retailers from handing
out single-use plastic bags.
Senate Bill 5780 would
require retailers to provide
plastic bags that can be
composted, a recyclable
paper bag or a reusable bag
made of thicker plastic or
fabric.
Opponents said the proposed ban is misguided.
Chase said an outright
ban is the only way to cut
down on pollution caused
by the bags.
She said, however, that it
may be another year before

SEQUIM — The
Sequim First Teacher
program has planned two
events for late February.
Both events will be
held in the First Teacher
classroom, Room 4W, of
the Sequim Community
School, 220 W. Alder St.
A tea for new and
expecting parents will be
held from 9:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25.
Attendees will learn
about family services,
developmental screenings, the First Teacher
program and more.
Refreshments will be
served.
First Teacher will also
host a “Dad’s Ice Cream
Social” from 5 p.m. to
7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28.
The event will honor
fathers but is open to
family members and
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games.
For more information,
phone First Teacher at
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Court: Siblings can’t file death claims
The Associated Press

OLYMPIA — The adoptive siblings of a 7-year-old
boy who died of starvation
in the care of his adoptive
mother can’t sue for wrongful death, the Washington
state Supreme Court ruled
Thursday.
The estate of Tyler
DeLeon had filed wrongfuldeath claims against the
boy’s primary care physician and his psychiatrist
and also alleged they were
aware of the boy’s injuries
but failed to report them
under the state’s mandatory reporting law.
The high court affirmed
a Spokane County Superior
Court decision to dismiss a

portion of the case against
Dr. David Fregeau, the
Rockwood Clinic and psychiatrist Sandra BremnerDexter. But the Supreme
Court said the doctors could
be sued for failing to report
the abuse.
The state Department of
Social and Health Services
and three employees also
were sued, but the agency
separately agreed to pay
more than $6 million to
Tyler’s estate and other foster children in a 2008 settlement.

turned 7. His adoptive
mother, Carole DeLeon, was
sentenced to six years in
prison after entering a plea
to criminally mistreating
Tyler and another boy in
her care. She was released
last year after serving half
of her sentence.
The lawsuit on behalf of
the boy and his adoptive
siblings cites an extensive
history of abuse complaints
and health concerns regarding foster children at the
DeLeon home, including
broken bones, knocked-out
teeth and withholding of
food and water.
28 pounds at age 7
Tyler’s adoptive siblings
Tyler weighed only 28 are considered second-tier
pounds when he died beneficiaries under the
Jan. 13, 2005, the day he state’s wrongful-death law,

which means they can
recover damages under
that law only if they were
dependent upon him for
support. Their lawsuit
against the doctors argued
that they did depend upon
him because DSHS provided $717 a month in
adoption support to Carole
DeLeon for Tyler.

Not dependent
The doctors argued, and
the Supreme Court agreed,
that Tyler’s estate and his
adoptive siblings were not
financially dependent upon
him.
The high court said
“DSHS provided separate
payments to Carole DeLeon

to supplement her support
of other children in her
home.”
“I knew that we had a
tough case to make, but I
thought it was worth the
effort since I think not compensating Tyler or Tyler’s
estate for what he suffered
through is just wrong,” said
Allen M. Ressler, a Seattle
attorney representing the
plaintiffs.
“The legislation as written right now makes no
sense to me.”
Justice Gerry L. Alexander concurred with the
majority opinion, signed by
eight justices, on the issue
of whether the siblings
were qualified to bring
wrongful-death claims.

But he dissented with
his colleagues on whether
the doctors could be sued
for failing to report child
abuse or neglect.

Civil remedy
The majority said the
mandatory reporting law
doesn’t explicitly provide a
civil remedy against a practitioner who fails to report
suspected abuse but said it
was implied as a means of
enforcing the reporting
duty.
Alexander said the conclusion contradicts what
the Legislature intended,
which was to make it a misdemeanor crime to not
report child abuse.

Briefly: State
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Congress ‘green’

The Washington state
congressional delegation
generally garnered high
scores in the 2010 National
Environmental Scorecard,
PORT ANGELES —
but two representatives
The trial of a former
were near the bottom of
Clallam County sheriff’s
the heap.
employee accused of
The League of Conserstealing $8,644 from
vation Voters, which evaluthe evidence room has
ates Senate and House
been rescheduled to
votes, gave Rep. Norm
July 5.
Dicks, D-Belfair, whose
The trial of Staci L. Alli- congressional district
son was set to begin last
includes the North Olympic
Monday.
Peninsula, a perfect score
It was reset that same
of 100.
day.
Sens. Patty Murray,
Clallam County ProseD-Bothell, and Maria
cuting Attorney Deb Kelly
Cantwell, D-Mountlake
and defense attorney Ralph Terrace, each scored 86 out
Anderson had said they
of 100.
needed more time to preIn addition to Dicks,
pare for the trial.
four other Democratic
House members — Reps.
Dangerous dogs
Jay Inslee, Rick Larsen,
Jim McDermott and Brian
ASTORIA, Ore. —
Baird — received perfect
The family of Ashlynn
scores of 100.
Anderson, the 4-year-old
Rep. Adam Smith,
stepdaughter of “Ax Men”
D-Tacoma, scored a 90.
TV star Jesse Browning
Rep. Dave Reichert,
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State budget must undergo ‘therapy’
MOVEMENT HURTS, BUT
holding still doesn’t make anything better.
That’s why
Martha M.
I’m seeing
Lynda William- Ireland
son of Strait
Occupational
and Hand
Therapy in
Port Angeles
twice a week,
plus executing
an assigned
series of movements thrice
daily, preceded
by heat and followed by ice.
(I broke my left arm and right
wrist when my horse, Gypsy
Rose, slipped and fell Dec. 28.)
Restoring healing limbs isn’t a
“feel-good” activity, but physical
therapy is the key to recovery
after an injury.
I slurred the word “physical”
and got teased Wednesday at the
Shelter Providers Network meeting I was conducting.
Some folks thought I said
“fiscal.”
Actually, “fiscal therapy”
sounds like a needed prescription
for national, state and local governments that are all awash with
red ink, as well as for individuals,

families and businesses with
unbalanced balance sheets.
Achieving fiscal recovery is
possible only by undertaking carefully targeted, albeit uncomfortable, economic changes.
Good governmental fiscal therapy cuts “feel-good” programs that
produce no meaningful results,
while identifying and preserving
proven solutions.
Like physical therapy, that’s
hard work, especially when some
ideas to cut spending and raise
revenue would actually generate
bigger deficits.
Getting the state out of the
business of selling liquor, as proposed by two initiatives that
were defeated last November, is
an example of a potentially very
expensive attempt to increase
revenue.
Revenue would go up only if
more people bought and drank
more alcohol.
Increasing availability of alcohol leads to more consumption by
the 20 percent of the population
who are heavy drinkers (80 percent of Americans are non-drinkers or very light drinkers).
Privatization still has its advocates, although research evidence
increasingly shows limited locations, hours and days of sale curb

underage drinking, drunken driving and other adverse social consequences, which benefits public
health and safety.
(See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s policy guide
at www.thecommunityguide.org)
Defunding chronically underfunded offender re-entry services,
despite a strong record of deterring returns to criminal activity, is
an example of a spending cut that
costs far more than it saves.
Routinely discharging people
from prison directly into homelessness makes parole supervision
most difficult and greatly
increases the likelihood of the
person returning to the companions and activities that led to
criminal activity, with all its
attendant costs in dollars and
community safety.
Fiscal therapy means facing
reality.
“There is no money,” says Sen.
Jim Hargrove, D-Hoquiam, who
represents District 24, consisting
of Clallam and Jefferson counties
and part of Grays Harbor County,
along with Reps. Kevin Van De
Wege and Steve Tharinger, both
Sequim Democrats.
“When you don’t have much
money,” responds my boss, Kathy
Wahto, executive director of

Peninsula Voices

Serenity House of Clallam
County, “you have to invest in
solutions that are proven to
work.”
“(Legislators) want to hear
solutions, not just problems,” said
Pam Tietz, executive director of
the Peninsula Housing Authority,
which serves Clallam and Jefferson counties.
On the plus side, the search for
dollars and savings is inspiring
long-needed reforms, such as SB
5405, a ferry system personnel
and administration efficiency bill
co-sponsored by Hargrove.
Less therapeutic are broad-ax
budget cuts, such as those that
stripped all general fund dollars
from homeless and housing
programs.
The Housing Trust Fund and
Home Security Fund, which rely
on document recording fees, are
now the sole support for such
services.
This revenue is referred to as
“Hargrove money,” because the
veteran state senator led the
move to establish document
recording fees to fund relevant
services.
However, the currently
depressed real estate market produces substantially less revenue.
Additionally, about half the

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recording fee will sunset in
mid-2013 if not extended.
District 24’s delegation unanimously supports compromise
legislation to extend the fee,
probably until 2019.
Additionally, Van De Wege and
Tharinger co-sponsored HB 1768
to also collect the fee when recording secondary mortgage sales.
Despite typically making
$10,000 or more per mortgage
resale, banking interests object to
contributing to housing assistance
for very low-income and homeless
people. Instead, they offered to
pay a much smaller fee to fund
foreclosure counseling.
(Dare I ask, why not both?)
Effective fiscal therapy is neither simple nor painless.
But it is essential for recovery.
________
Martha M. Ireland was a
Clallam County commissioner
from 1996 through 1999.
She is on the administrative
staff of Serenity House of Clallam
County, co-owns a Carlsborg-area
farm with her husband, Dale,
and is active in the local Republican Party, among other community endeavors. Her column
appears every Friday.
E-mail: irelands@olypen.com.

and e-mail

‘Family planning’

The richest people on a
sinking
boat, no matter
One of the most authorihow entitled they feel to
tative assessments of
their worldly goods, are
human impact on planet
Earth, published by Global those most in need of
divestiture.
Footprint Network [www.
The days when “growth
footprintnetwork.org], says
is
good”
here on the North
that by 2007 we were using
1.5 Earths worth of ecologi- Olympic Peninsula are
gone.
cal goods and services.
Growth today is comproThis means that the
mising
everyone’s quality
Earth was then overpopuof
life
in
the future.
lated by 50 percent.
The
bill
for the current
It’s worse now.
free
lunch
is
now coming
That level of overuse is
due,
and
it
will
be paid.
unsustainable, and unsusThe
most
humane
way
tainability is, in the end, a
to pay that bill is by supterminal condition.
porting voluntary, singleA logical conclusion is
that we must either reduce child family planning on
our numbers or reduce our the North Olympic Peninsula.
demands.
The most responsible
Since demand continues
to escalate as people in the local organization supporting family planning is
developing world aspire to
Planned Parenthood of the
Western lifestyles, this
means we Westerners must Great Northwest.
It not only deserves our
reduce our numbers even
support,
it may prove our
more urgently.
only effective lifeline to a
The jarring reality is
survivable future.
that the average American,
Donovan C. Wilkin,
including those who live
Sequim
here on the North Olympic
Peninsula, use about five
For oral health
times the resources of the
average person in the
Our most famous former
world.
surgeon general, Dr. C.

Everett Koop, has said:
“Fluoridation is the single most important commitment that a community
can make to oral health of
its citizens.”
This fact is supported by
the Centers for Disease
Control, American Medical
Association, American Dental Association, National
Institutes of Health, American Academy of Asthma,
Allergy and Immunology,

our own local doctors and
dentists, etc., etc.
The support for fluoridation by professional
organizations and medical
professionals is based on
scientific data that has
been collected and
reviewed by many health,
research and academic
institutions.
National epidemiological surveys on the efficacy
of fluoridated water

showed a significant reduction of cavities in children.
Many of the children
were cavity-free in their
permanent teeth when
raised in fluoridated
communities.
With the reduction in
health care dollars — medical and dental — it is a
significant advantage to all
the people of our community to receive the health
benefits that fluoridated

water can provide.
A disturbing amount of
misinformation, half-truths
and lies are being spread
throughout our community
about fluoridated water.
For example, the
National Research Council
did not find an association
between fluoridated drinking water and cancer in 50
human studies and six
animal studies.
Yet, a false connection
continues to be stated by a
misguided few.
The facts clearly prove
that fluoridation works to
the benefit for all of us and
especially for our children.
I am grateful to the Port
Angeles City Council that
we are finally able to raise
our children in a community with fluoridated water.
May we have the benefit
of more foresighted leaders
such as these in the future.
Jim Leskinovitch,
Port Angeles
Leskinovitch is a commissioner on the Olympic
Medical Center board of
commissioners and is a
founder of Clallam Citizens
for Dental Health.

In owl clash, let Nature be the judge
By Matthew Randazzo V
AS THE FINAL curtain call
of the Northern spotted owl continues, so does the controversy
that has accompanied its
decline like an
out-of-tune
funeral dirge.
In the 1990s,
countless loggers lost their
livelihoods
when the feds
froze the timber
industry in the Randazzo
forest habitats
deemed critical to the spotted
owl’s survival.
At the Northwest Raptor &
Wildlife Center, we had the product of their outrage delivered to
us swaddled in bloodstained
blankets: innocent owls shot,
nailed to signs and lynched from
trees. These acts of retaliation
were even more misplaced than
it appeared.

win in a fair fight, scientists are
contemplating intervening with
sniper rifles, erecting a wall of
Every single owl brought to us bullets against this seemingly
was anything but a spotted owl.
unstoppable immigrant invasion.
If anything, murdering the
This “solution” would be little
spotted owl’s competition only
more than a delaying action.
helped the beleaguered species, a
The barred owl’s advantages
fact that apparently came to the
in population and biology are so
attention of wildlife biologists.
great that the hunting operations
We now face an ironic twist
would need to be gigantic and
on the original controversy.
perpetual to even have a chance
Wildlife lovers are furious as
of working.
government wildlife agencies
Even if this plan initially succonsider “saving” the spotted owl
ceeds,
the maintenance of spotted
by systematically slaughtering
owl populations would require
its competition, the barred owl.
the culling program to persist for
The barred owl’s natural
the rest of natural history.
migration from the East to
The unintended ecological and
spotted owl country over the past
economic cost would be staggerfew decades has resembled the
ing. How much money will we
Goths storming the declining
spend on pest control to make up
Roman Empire.
for the barred owls that eat milThe larger, stronger, more
adaptive newcomers take no pris- lions of rodents every year?
We also must reckon with the
oners as they displace families,
morality of this proposal.
kill males and impregnate spotted owl widows.
As any wildlife rehabilitator
Since the spotted owl cannot
will tell you, barred owls are

perhaps the most intelligent,
emotionally sophisticated American raptor.
They enjoy human company
and comprehend the revolutionary idea that some humans mean
to help them instead of eat them.
Barred owls are wise enough
to cooperate as veterinarians
remove damaged feathers or floss
broken beaks.
Of the Ambassador Animals
that meet the public on behalf of
the Raptor Center, only Juliet,
the barred owl, will voluntarily
step down from her perch onto a
handler’s glove.
When Juliet gets tired after
hours meeting hyperactive
schoolchildren, she does not complain — she simply snuggles onto
her handler’s shoulder for a nap.
She is like a winged lap cat.
The idea of having barred owls
like Juliet delivered to the Center,
wheezing and crying from the
searing agony of bullet wounds, is
an unthinkable horror.

It is also dumb policy.
Shooting barred owls will not
the save poor spotted owl or
diminish the culpability we have
for their decline.
It will simply prolong a bitter
controversy and incur new ecological and moral debts to be
paid.
Human wisdom has been
found wanting.
It’s time to let Nature be the
judge in the case of the barred
owl vs. the spotted owl.
________
Matthew Randazzo V is a
Port Angeles-based author and
journalist who volunteers as the
public relations director for the
Northwest Raptor & Wildlife
Center in Sequim.
He is also chairman of the
Clallam County Democratic Central Committee.
He can be contacted through
MRVBooks.com and NWRaptorCenter.com.

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Real-life play shines
on Afghan war
OUR 3,413th DAY at war in
Afghanistan seemed like a good
day to learn about Afghanistan.
The longest
stretch of war
Maureen
in American
history has
Dowd
merited the
shortest attention span.
I didn’t go to
Kabul on the
secretary of
defense’s
Doomsday
plane this time.
I signed up
with the Pentagon for time travel, flying
through history watching a
remarkable seven-hour marathon of a 12-play series called
“The Great Game.”
The plays use real and fictional characters, actual transcripts and imagined scenes, to
trace the trellis of foreign
involvement in Afghanistan from
1842 to the present.
“Afghanistan,” one character
notes, “has a very complicated
relationship with time.”
The Shakespeare Theatre
donated space, and the British
Council and Bob Woodruff Foundation underwrote costs so that
the plays could have two performances in Washington, D.C., last
Thursday and Friday.
The Pentagon wanted to give
the military and their families,
including some who had served
in Afghanistan and some who
may, a chance to learn how that
benighted territory earned the
nickname “graveyard of empires.”
“The question is,” says an
American staff officer in the play,
“are we on our ninth year in
Afghanistan, or are we on our
first year for the ninth time?”
And a Russian commander
notes: “It seems however many
battles we win on the ground, we
just recruit more fighters for the
other side.”
With the surge, are we now
beating the Taliban, as a U.S.
commander in the Helmand
Province asserted this week,

or will we bargain with the Taliban and then decamp like the
bowed British and Russians,
confused about how the Stone
Age socked modernity?
“I’ve been asked ‘Why are you
doing this? Aren’t these plays
going to be anti-war?’ ” Doug Wilson, the assistant secretary of
defense for public affairs, told me
at intermission on Thursday.
“I don’t see that at all.
“If most Americans had seen
these, it would help them understand, warts and all, what a
hugely complex place this is.
“It would also answer the
question ‘Why isn’t it going to be
finished next week?’ ”
Nicolas Kent of the Tricycle
Theatre in London, co-director of
“The Great Game,” said the plays
are not “agitprop.”
When he commissioned them,
he felt that the allies “absolutely”
should not be in Afghanistan.
“But the more I’ve gone into
the history and talked to
Afghans,” he said, “I personally
think we should be there.”
Derek Blumke, the co-founder
of Student Veterans of America
who served in Afghanistan, said
the play taught him a lot about
the thicket of tribes, feuds and
foreign invasions.
“I was at the bazaar, haggling
with a local about a British bayonet with an 1842 date stamped
on it,” the 30-year-old Air Force
vet recalled. “I thought it was the
coolest thing, but I couldn’t
understand why there was a
British bayonet in Afghanistan.”
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
has issued a revised military
strategy looking beyond Afghanistan and Iraq to more modern
fighting fields — outer space,
cyberspace and the Asia-Pacific
region.
Whereas Dick Cheney and the
neocons once thought we could
become a hyperpower, disdaining
anything multilateral and stifling emerging powers, Admiral
Mullen sketches a fresh strategy
he calls “multinodal” for an era of
shifting alliances and emerging

powers.
The series begins in 1842 at
the grisly scene where 16,000
British and Indian Army soldiers,
wives and servants get killed as
they try to retreat through the
snowy mountains of Jalalabad.
“Every conflict in the world
today has its origin in the imagination of British map drawers,” a
character dryly notes.
The action goes from the abdication of the glamorous king and
queen in 1929 through the Communist regime when Afghan
women were wearing miniskirts
in Kabul, through the CIA
financing of the mujahedeen to
defeat the Soviets, through Taliban rule with the assistance of
Pakistan’s intelligence agency,
through America’s invasion and
occupation.
James Lobb, a 36-year-old
Marine captain based at Joint
Forces Command in Suffolk, Va.,
who spent seven months in
Afghanistan in 2004, read about
the special performances and
tracked down Nicolas Kent to
score some tickets.
He called it a cautionary tale
about taking care before jumping
into foreign endeavors.
He was struck by the comment of a CIA officer to a mujahedeen in the play.
“I understand the difference
between you and me,” the CIA
guy says. “I know if you lose, I
still have a home to go back to.”
Lobb said that “every day
these Afghan soldiers and police
are fighting for their lives. They
know the Taliban knows where
their families are and can kill
them. I don’t know how we bolster them if every day might not
only be their last but the last day
of their family.”
Lobb sent Kent a bottle of
whiskey to thank him for the
tickets, and the history lesson.
________
Maureen Dowd is a Pulitzer
Prize-winning columnist for The
New York Times. Her column
appears in the PDN every Friday.
Contact Dowd via http://
tinyurl.com/dowdmail.

Michelle O. presses
her ‘Nanny’ agenda
WHILE HER HUSBAND
may have paid lip service to ending the abuse of science for “politics or ideology,” first lady
Michelle Obama gave herself a
super-sized waiver.
Two of her
showcase social
engineering
Michelle
campaigns —
Malkin
tax preferences
for breastpumping working mothers
and expanded
nutrition
labels — are
based on distorting or dismissing the
prevailing public health literature.
Just as the White House costumed Obamacare activists in
white lab coats, the fashionable
Mrs. O has cloaked her meddling
anti-obesity crusade in medical
fakery.
Over the past year, the first
lady has marshaled a taxpayersubsidized army of government
lawyers, bureaucrats and consultants against the “national security threat” of childhood obesity.
She has transformed the East
Wing of the White House into
Big Nanny’s new Central
Command headquarters.
The biggest threats to Mrs.
Obama’s 70-point plan for
national fitness: parental authority and sound science.
As part of her “Let’s Move!”
anniversary celebration this
week, Mrs. Obama rolled out a
new breastfeeding initiative
because “kids who are breastfed
longer have a lower tendency to
be obese.”
She made her assertion to an
invitation-only group of handpicked reporters who were
barred from asking questions
about her scientific conclusions.
It’s not healthy to challenge
Super Nanny, you see.
After the Internal Revenue
Service carefully studied and
rejected an advocacy push to
treat nursing equipment as a taxdeductible medical expense last
fall, the tax agency suddenly
reversed itself in time for the first
lady’s new public relations tour.
The surgeon general has also
issued a “Call to Action” to pressure private businesses to adopt

more nursing-friendly environments to combat childhood
obesity, all while denying that
government is intruding on
personal decisions.
“No mother should be made to
feel guilty if she cannot or
chooses not to breastfeed,” Surgeon General Regina Benjamin
asserted, while laying an unmistakable guilt trip on moms and
moms-to-be.
So, what do studies on breastfeeding and babies’ weight
actually say?
Rebecca Goldin, Ph.D.,
research director of George
Mason University’s Statistical
Assessment Service, points out
that the literature is inconclusive
or demonstrates that the health
advantages of bosom over bottle
are short-lived:
“Indeed, there is little evidence that using formula causes
obesity. There is a correlation
between formula use and obesity
among babies and children . . .
though this correlation is not
consistent in all studies.
“Some of these studies show a
relationship in only some demographics and not others. Others
show that the disadvantage of
bottle-feeding and/or formula
mostly goes away by the time a
child is about 4 years old.
“The result is that we cannot
discover whether breastfeeding is
correlated with obesity because
infant formula or bottle feeding
leads to subsequent overeating or
disposition to being overweight,
or whether those parents who
breastfeed are also more likely to
offer their children green beans
instead of French fries.
“Despite weak evidence, there
is a lingering conviction that formula causes obesity among pediatricians and the press; if anything, the study about infants
should make us reflect more
carefully on this conclusion.”
Alas, such nuance from Mrs.
Obama and her unquestioning
media water-carriers is scarcer
than tofu at Taco Bell.
Don’t get me wrong.
As a proud mom who breastfed both of her babies, I’ve been
and will always be a vocal
defender of women who have
devoted the time, dedication and
selflessness it takes.
But there are myriad
individual reasons beyond Mrs.
O’s expansive goal of battling the
collective scourge of childhood

obesity — intimate bonding and
health benefits for the mom, not
just the baby, for example — that
lead women to nurse.
And we don’t need Big
Brother or Big Mother to lead
the Charge of the Big Bosom to
persuade us of the personal
benefits.
Many private hospitals and
companies have already adopted
nursing-friendly environments.
If it’s as good for their bottom
lines as it is for babies’ bottoms,
they don’t need a government
mandate to do the right thing.
But as I’ve noted many times
over the past year, Mrs. O’s real
interest isn’t in nurturing nursing moms or slimming down kids’
waistlines. It’s in boosting government and public union payrolls, along with beefing up FCC
and FTC regulators’ duties.
Take another East Wing pet
project: leaning on private businesses to print expanded frontpackage nutrition labels warning
consumers about salt, fat and
sugar.
The first lady’s anti-fat brigade assumes as an article of
faith that her top-down designer
food labels will encourage healthier eating habits. It’s a “nobrainer,” Mrs. Obama insists.
However, the latest study on
this very subject — funded by no
less than the left-wing Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation — confirms other recent research contradicting the East Wing push.
A team led by Duke-NUS
Graduate Medical School’s Eric
Finkelstein, published in the
peer-reviewed American Journal
for Preventive Medicine, found
that mandatory menu-labeling in
Seattle restaurants did not affect
consumers’ calorie consumption.
“Given the results of prior
studies, we had expected the
results to be small,” the researchers reported, “but we were surprised that we could not detect
even the slightest hint of changes
in purchasing behavior as a
result of the legislation.”
Will the first lady and her
food cops be chastened by the science that undermines their spin?
Fat chance.
________
Michelle Malkin’s nationally
syndicated column appears in the
PDN every Friday. Email:
malkinblog@gmail.com.

Friday, February 18, 2011

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Fish
derby
bigger,
better
ONE SCORE AND 18 years ago,
the people of Gardiner-Discovery
Bay brought forth on this Peninsula
a salmon derby.
Called the
Discovery Bay
Matt
Salmon Derby, it
was conceived in Schubert
liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that
only Iron Men
could claim its
top prize.
Now, after
some civil action
kept it away for
a year, it has
returned to
Presidents Day
weekend under
a new name: the Olympic Peninsula
Salmon Derby.
And it is bigger (500 miles of fishing) and bolder (more than $24,000
in prizes) than ever before.
Of course, it still takes an awful
hardy hombre to heed its call.
This is winter blackmouth season
we’re talking about, after all; perhaps the Carhartt-wearingest, Dramamine-chewingest, crotch-grabbingest fishery of them all.
If misery loves company, consider
this weekend’s derby a fiesta of forlorn fishermen (and women).
I doubt they’d have it any other
way.

Winter warriors

Port Angeles High School junior Austin Fahrenholtz is aiming not only to win the Class 2A state diving title this
weekend but also to set a meet record.

Sights on state record
PA diver shatters district
mark, eyes state crown
By Brad LaBrie

Peninsula Daily News

So what can anglers expect during this weekend’s derby (other than
a morning chill)?
That just depends upon how the
weather cooperates, according to
Brian Menkal of Brian’s Sporting
Goods and More (360-683-1950) in
Sequim.
“If it’s really rough out there, you
might end up having to troll,” Menkal said.
“If it stays really calm, you might
mooch, motor mooch or jig.
“It just depends on what the tides
are doing and the wind.”
As it stood Thursday afternoon,
winds weren’t expected to be too
severe this weekend.
Anglers will have to deal with
some strong tides, however. That
promises to make getting bait down
near the bottom a bit more challenging.
That didn’t seem to bother
anglers in Marine Area 6 (eastern
Strait of Juan de Fuca) near Port
Angeles after it opened to salmon
fishing Wednesday.
Bob Aunspach of Swain’s General
Store (360-452-2357) in Port Angeles
said there definitely wasn’t a quantity problem during the first two
days of the fishery.
“The fish aren’t big, but there’s
been a pretty good bite both mornings,” Aunspach said. “[Thursday]
was a little slower than [Wednesday], but still real good.
“They were catching them in the
Winter Hole, the Flats, down toward
the deep tanks by the mill and
Freshwater Bay had fish.”
Thus far, just two fish over 10
pounds have been submitted to the
Port Angeles Salmon Club’s monthly
salmon derby ladder.
That was headlined by a
12-pound beauty from Keith Aggergaard of Port Angeles.
It almost sounds as if such a fish
could take home the $10,000 top
prize in this weekend’s derby.
“There’s a lot of 5-, 6-, 7-,
8-pounders,” Aunspach said.
Reports have been a little harder
to come by out of Sequim and Port
Townsend.
Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) has been
plagued by rough weather for much
of the past few weeks, according to
Eric Elliot of the Fishing Hole (360385-7031) in Port Townsend.
Even when things have cooperated, the pressure has been so-so.
“The people that I have heard
from, it sounds like things are going
OK,” Elliot said.
“I’ve heard of some fish getting
caught, it’s just such a small sample
size [to have a good report].”
As for the waters around Sequim,
mum’s the word, according to Menkal.
Turn

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to

Schubert/B4

PORT ANGELES — Austin
Fahrenholtz had two goals at
the beginning of the season:
Break the 400-point barrier and
win state.
The Port Angeles High
School junior diver easily
achieved his first goal, twice,
and now he is aiming for the
Class 2A diving championship
Saturday at King County

Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
The boys swimming and diving state championships are set
for today and Saturday. Class
2A preliminaries start at 2:30
p.m. today and 2A finals begin
at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Fahrenholtz, who captured
second at state on the 3A level
last year, shattered the West
Central District meet record by
160 points last weekend and is
looking at All-American recogni-

tion with his district score of
402.05.
That was the second straight
meet that he scored more than
400 points this season.
“We’re hoping Austin wins
state and breaks the state record
this weekend,” Port Angeles diving coach Pete Van Rossen said.
“If he dives like he did last
week at districts, he will win.
His last two meets he has scored
over 400 points, and that puts
him at high school All-American
status, and that is a nice feather
in his cap.”
The 2A state meet record is
334.90, and that was set in 2009.
Fahrenholtz has the No. 1
seed going into state despite the
fact that 2A defending cham-

pion Brian Drake of Squalicum,
a senior, is returning to state.
Drake is seeded No. 2 with a
district score of 382.60, which
also would break the state 2A
record.
“Drake is the only one Austin
has to worry about,” Van Rossen
said.
The top two divers are at a
different level than the rest of
the field, and Fahrenholtz says
he is ready for the challenge of
going against Drake.
“Brian is a good diver, a good
competitor,” Fahrenholtz said
after practice at William Shore
Memorial Pool in Port Angeles
on Wednesday evening.
Turn

to

Diving/B3

Grahn, Cristion lead wrestlers
Forks, Port Angeles stars
have best shot at first place
Peninsula Daily News

TACOMA — The last three
months have all been leading
up to this.
Mat Classic XXIII is not just
the end of a long wrestling season, but also of a grueling threeweek period at the beginning of
February that whittles down
each weight class to just one
champion.
The North Olympic Peninsula has produced just 10 such
wrestlers since 1953.
Eleven area wrestlers will
try to join that exclusive group
when the state championship
competition begins this morning on 24 mats in the Tacoma
Dome.
“To be a state champ you
have to have some good skills,
you have to be in great shape
and you have to have decided
that it was a possibility,” said
Forks head coach Bob Wheeler,
who has coached five state
champions with the Spartans.
“Early in the season, maybe
there’s a big difference in the
physical ability, but by the time
you get to the postseason, it’s 80

State
percent mental and 20 percent
physical.
“They all have some good
skill. They have all worked hard
all season long.”
At the top of the heap for
Peninsula wrestlers are Port
Angeles 189-pounder Nathan
Cristion and Forks 119-pounder
Cutter Grahn.
Both enter the tournament
fresh off regional championships.
Cristion’s was a little bittersweet, however, since it came by
way of an injury default against
Kingston’s Freddy Rodoff in the
final.
Thus, Cristion (38-2 overall)
missed out on a chance to avenge
his only two losses of the season.
“Obviously, Nathan was disappointed, I was disappointed,”
Port Angeles head coach Erik
Gonzalez said. “It would have Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
been good to see how far he had
Nathan Cristion of Port
Cutter Grahn of Forks
come [this season].”
claimed sixth at state last Angeles only has two
losses on the year.
Turn to State/B3 year in the 1A tourney.

TACOMA — The Port Angeles girls basketball team is back
at state for the first time in
seven years.
The Roughriders, the No. 3
seed in the West Central District tournament, ripped Olympic League rival Olympic 77-37

at Foss High School to cruise to
the district semifinals Thursday
night.
Port Angeles (19-4) advances
to play the winner between
Sumner and Kingston at Curtis
High School in University Place
at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The winner of that game goes
on to play for the district championship while the loser plays
for the third and fourth seeds to
state. Both games are on Monday.
The Riders have beaten

Kingston, an Olympic League
team, twice but lost by 10 points
to Sumner in a subdistrict game.
“It will be a good game either
way,” Port Angeles coach Mike
Knowles said.
“We beat Kingston twice but
they were really close games.”
Port Angeles, which was last
at state in 2004, tuned up for the
semifinals by beating a known
Olympic League foe by 40 points,
pretty much the same point
spread that the Riders beat the

Trojans in the other two games.
But this game didn’t look like
it would go that way early on.
The Trojans led 16-14 after
hitting a mid-court 3-pointer at
the first-quarter buzzer.
“That was a wake-up call for
us,” Knowles said. “You have to
give Olympic credit. They came
out with a lot of energy and they
played tough.
“They just couldn’t keep it
up.”
Turn

David Ragan (6) and Trevor Bayne (21) crash as Jeff Gordon drives past on the
final lap of the second of two qualifying races Thursday for Sunday’s NASCAR
Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Bowling
LAUREL LANES
Feb. 16 Lakeside Big Four
Men’s High Game: Gary Heilman, 300
Men’s High Series: Gary Heilman, 761
League Leaders: The Whackers

Transactions
Baseball
American League
Texas Rangers: Agreed to terms with OF
Engel Beltre, OF Julio Borbon, LHP Miguel De
Los Santos, RHP Neftali Feliz, LHP Derek Holland, LHP Michael Kirkman, LHP Zach Phillips
and RHP Mason Tobin on one-year contracts.
Toronto Blue Jays: Agreed to terms with OF
Jose Bautista on a five-year contract.
National League
Arizona Diamondbacks: Agreed to terms with
INF Russell Branyan on a minor league contract.
Colorado Rockies: Agreed to terms with RHP
John Maine on a minor league contract.

Riders: Onward to semifinals
Continued from B1
The Riders held the Trojans to four points in the
second quarter to lead
34-20 at halftime and never
looked back.
Olympic was held to 17
points in the second half
while Port Angeles scored
43.
“It’s not easy to beat a
team three times,” Knowles
said.
“We weren’t flat to start
with, it’s just that Olympic
came out playing hard.”
But once the Riders got
the upper hand,they poured
it on.
Port Angeles was consistent in the final three quarters, scoring 20, 22 and 21
points while holding the
Trojans to 4, 13 and 4.
Jessica
Madison
scorched the nets for 27
points and has pushed her
school career scoring record
past 1,800 points to 1,826.
She has two more district games and at least two
state games to keep adding
to the record.
Two other players scored
in double figures for the
Riders, with Kiah Jones
sinking 17, and Alison
Knowles scoring 15. Alison
is the coach’s daughter.
Shannon Jackson scored
12 points for Olympic while
Jalyn Halstead had 11.
The Riders didn’t record
rebounds but “Taylyn Jeffers had a ton of them,”
Knowles said.

TEMPE, Ariz. — With
one of the biggest games of
the season looming on Saturday against first-place
Arizona,
Washington
needed about 10 minutes to
get going against the Pac10’s last-place team on
Thursday.
And despite a short lapse
early in the second half, the
Huskies got past Arizona
State 79-62 on Thursday
behind Matthew BryanAmaning’s 22 points and 12
rebounds, setting up the
showdown in Tucson with
the 12th-ranked Wildcats,
who lead third-place Washington by 1½ games.
“I would say this is a big
game,” Washington coach
Lorenzo Romar said.
“Because the next one is
always your biggest one. I
always say, like Arizona
State, if we lose this, that
became a big game. The
next one, for whatever reason, is huge.
“Arizona is leading our
league right now and they
are playing very good basketball.
“They are playing at
home. This is our last game
on the road in the Pac-10.
There is a lot at stake on

Diving: At the top of his class
Continued from B1
“I expect a close meet
but I plan to win.”
Despite the confidence,
Fahrenholtz said he expects
he will be a little nervous at
first because of the extra
pressure of being No. 1.
“There will be pressure
on me but I dive better with
good competition,” he said.
“There’s more pressure
on you and so you focus
more.”
Last year Fahrenholtz
went to state seeded no
higher than fifth after
claiming third at the West
Central District meet but
surprised a few people by
taking second overall at
state.
He has since joined a
club diving team at Bainbridge where he trains and
competes every Saturday
after getting up at 6:30 a.m.
to make the trip to the pool.
The extra hours of training has helped him reach a
new level of competition
where he has been dominating at meets this season.
Fahrenholtz has put in
so many hours of practice
that most of his dives are
automatic right now. He
tries not to over-think himself when he’s on the diving
board.
“I don’t think about what
I’m doing, I just do it,” he
said. “When you think
about it, you can mess up.”
He also sticks to dives in
competition that he is
familiar with.
His signature dive that
he can take to the bank is
the front-double.
“I have been doing the
forward-double since I was
a freshman, so I have done
it many times,” Fahrenholtz
said.
Another key to Fahrenholtz’s success is that he is
extremely good on the five
required dives during
11-dive district and state
competition.
“Austin scores high on
the required dives, which
include front, back and
twists,” Van Rossen said.
Another strength for
Fahrenholtz is being consistent in competition.
“One of my goals is trying to stay very consistent,”
he said.
The junior athlete is
excited about what could
happen at state today and
Saturday.
“It’s going to be great
competition,” he said.
Fahrenholtz expects to
win state and he knows he
has the ability to win it all
but he’s not going to beat
himself up if it doesn’t hap-

our end, we are trying to get
into the NCAA tournament.
This is a big game.”
C.J. Wilcox added 16
points, including four
3-pointers, and eight
rebounds for Washington
(18-7, 10-4), which has won
three straight after losing
three in a row.
Wilcox played a seasonhigh 25 minutes after losing
Scott Suggs, the Pac-10’s
second-best 3-point shooter,
to what Romar said was a
sprained medical collateral
ligament just 3:13 into the
game.
“C.J. Wilcox did a phenomenal job off the bench,”
Romar said.
“He rebounded, eight
rebounds, scored, he hit
(3-pointers), he fed the post
and he defended. He had a
really good all-around
game.”
Romar said Suggs is
doubtful for the game
against Arizona, but didn’t
rule him out.
The conference’s thirdleading scorer, Isaiah
Thomas, had 11 points, six
below his average, and six
assists.
Ty Abbott had 15 points
for the Sun Devils (9-16,
1-12), who have lost nine
straight games.

SEATTLE — Becca
Tobin scored 21 points and
Dymond Simon added 16
points to help Arizona State
beat Washington 71-63 on
Thursday night.
Kimberly
Brandon
added 13 points and nine
rebounds for Arizona State
(15-8, 7-6 Pac-10).
Tobin scored 13 of her
points in the second half.
For the game, she shot 9 of
11 from the field and had 10
rebounds.
Kristi Kingma scored 18
points to lead Washington
(10-13, 5-9), which has lost
three of four. Regina Rogers
added 11 points while
Mackenzie Argens and
Sarah Morton had 10 points

apiece.
Arizona State made 12
of 14 in the final three minutes to maintain the lead.
The Sun Devils were 77
percent from the foul line
and 49 percent from the
field in the game.
The victory kept Arizona
State in fourth place in the
conference with five games
remaining. The Huskies
remained in eighth.
Tobin
scored
nine
straight points for Arizona
State midway through the
second half.
Morton’s four-point play
during a 10-2 run helped
rally the Huskies from a
14-point second-half deficit
to within 41-38 with 11:45
remaining.

State: Classic

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Austin Fahrenholtz dives during competition on Jan. 6 at William Shore
Memorial Pool in Port Angeles.
pen this year.
“I still have another year
left if Brian Drake scores
over 400 and beats me,” he
said.
No matter what happens, Fahrenholtz will continue to participate in club
diving throughout the year

and then he plans to dive in
college.
The practical athlete
said it doesn’t have to be a
major college like the University of Washington. A
smaller college with a good
diving team would do as
well.

“A scholarship would be
nice but I will walk on if I
have to,” he said.
By that time the star
diver could very well have
one or two state titles to his
credit, starting with the 2A
championship at this weekend’s meet.

Continued from B1 backer was eighth at 189 at
the 3A level last year.
Competing one classifiGrahn (30-2), on the
other hand, posted a gritty cation lower this time
come-from-behind 7-5 vic- around — Cristion is
tory in his own final against ranked fourth at 189 in 2A
Castle Rock’s Marcus Deyo. — he is looking to extend a
The latter boosted Grahn streak of two straight years
to No. 3 in the 119-pound with a Roughrider in the
Class 1A state rankings state semis.
The way the bracket
compiled by washingtonshakes out, it looks like that
wrestlingreport.com.
“He’s right up there. He’s could be a distinct possibila smart kid,” Wheeler said. ity.
“He’s got good physical
tools, but he learns what A top-10 opponent
you need to do in a match,
Cristion’s toughest comand the mental part that he
petition
in the first two
has is as good as anybody, I
rounds in 10th-ranked
think.
“There may be kids that Jacob Waller of Clarkston.
have better physical ability. Standing in the way of a
He’s not the quickest kid, finals appearance is secondbut he’s certainly plenty ranked Joey Gomez of
strong enough and he uses Othello, a state runner-up a
year ago.
his body type really well.”
“We feel pretty confiGrahn is no stranger to
the bright lights of the dent,” said Gonzalez, who
has coached two state
Tacoma Dome, either.
He qualified for 1A state champions of his own. “We
as a freshman in 2009, then feel like Nate can get [to the
reached the 112 semifinals finals].
“He’ll have a tough
last year, eventually finishmatch in the semis, a state
ing sixth.
Now he leads a group of runner-up who he hasn’t
three Spartans — Tyler wrestled before, but he’s a
Cortani at 125 and Nick kid we feel pretty confident
Atkins at 145 are the others against.
— to Tacoma.
“Those top four kids
Grahn has a manage- [including
Tumwater’s
able bracket, with eighth- Easton Hargrave and
ranked Cody Harvill of Rodoff ], I think they are all
Omak likely the toughest pretty close, and I think all
challenger between him of them could win it.”
and another semifinal trip.
Port Angeles has two
After that awaits a likely other wrestlers competing
matchup with No. 2 Danny
at the 2A level, with Andrew
Barajas of Royal.
“[Barajas]’s really quick Symonds at 140 pounds
and explosive and he knows and Trevor Lee at 160
what he’s doing,” Wheeler pounds.
Sequim, meanwhile has
said. “Cutter can wear peothe most state qualifiers on
ple down, though.
“He can stop some of the Peninsula with five.
that quickness, because he’s Among the Wolves who will
very good at getting kids wrestle in 2A competition
into his type of match. It are Austin Middleton (130),
would be a really good Emelio Perete-Colin (215),
match. If he could get by
him, that could even be the Derek Fruin (135), Dakota
best finals match [of the Hinton (171) and Amariah
Clift (171 girls).
bracket].”
Clift was the Wolves’
Cristion comes into the
Mat Classic with some state highest placer at regionals,
taking second after getting
experience of his own.
The all-league line- pinned in the final.

B4

SportsRecreation

Friday, February 18, 2011

Peninsula Daily News

Schubert: Snow falls on Ridge
Continued from B1 fishing [this weekend].”
While the Sol Duc is a
“A lot of people will go
pretty well-traveled river
out to Hein Bank and
during winter steelhead
Eastern Bank provided
season, the Calawah can
they have a big enough
sometimes get overlooked.
boat,” Menkal said, “but
Part of that is due to its
they will fish off Dungelack of accessibility, not to
ness Bar. Anywhere where mention the fact that it’s
those drop-offs will be.”
one of the more difficult
Those looking to avoid
rivers to boat in the area.
the derby crowds have
For those who can get to
other avenues to pursue
a nice patch of water, howblackmouth.
ever, the Calawah can be
Area 5 (Sekiu) and 12
well worth it this time of
(Hood Canal) are now both year.
open to salmon fishing,
Snow arrives
there just hasn’t been
much action in either fishThe snow gods finally
ery.
answered our prayers.
After weeks of little to
Derby particulars
no snowfall, Hurricane
One thing everyone
Ridge got absolutely
seems to know for sure
blasted this week with
about this weekend’s derby: fresh powder.
there’s going to be a big
More than two feet of
crowd.
snow fell on the PeninsuDerby organizer Dan
la’s winter playground
Tatum set the original goal between Monday and
at 1,000 tickets sold, and
Thursday, adding a little
that just might happen.
extra flavor to the holiday
“We’ve been selling a
weekend.
ton of tickets,” Aunspach
While the Poma lift will
said. “We’re down to under remain dormant, the inter40 tickets that we have
mediate and bunny rope
here, so I had to call to get tows will be up and runmore.
ning Saturday through
Monday.
“Just pray the weather
For information on lift
holds off so everybody can
rates and the ski school,
fish.”
visit hurricaneridge.com.
Given the enormity of
Skis are available for
the derby, that could be
rental on the bottom level
quite different from one
of the Hurricane Ridge Visend of the event to the
itor Center.
other.
Snowboards can be
Boundaries include Area
rented from North by
6 east of Tongue Point,
Northwest Surf Co., 902 S.
Area 9 north of Point No
Lincoln St., in Port AngePoint and part of Area 7
les.
(San Juan Islands).
Road status and current
A total of five weigh staconditions for Hurricane
tions will be spread out
Ridge Road are available
inside the boundaries at
by phoning the park’s
Freshwater Bay Boat
recorded information line
Ramp, Ediz Hook, John
at 360-565-3131 or by visitWayne Marina, Gardiner
ing www.nps.gov/olym.
Boat Ramp and Port
Townsend Boat Haven.
Avalanche class
Fishing will be open
from daylight to 3 p.m. on
Hurricane Ridge Winter
Saturday and Sunday, and
Sports
Club will host a cusdaylight to noon Monday.
The awards ceremony is tom Level I avalanche class
set for Monday at 2 p.m. at today through Sunday in
the Port Angeles area.
the Gardiner Boat Ramp.
The class, which will be
Tickets cost $40 for one
offered at a discount,
day or all three days and
will be available at the five emphasizes safe route finding, snow pack evaluation,
weigh stations.
making use of weather
For more information
and event rules, visit www. observations and rescue.
“Knowing how to naviGardinerSalmonDerby.org.
gate safely in the mountain
environment is crucial for
Steelhead stuff
a safe and fun experience
Don’t let the snow keep in the winter,” Hurricane
you away.
Ridge Board and Ski Patrol
The way steelhead are
member Gary Holmquist
biting out west, it might be said in a news release.
worth another dent in your
“The Hurricane Ridge
bumper.
Winter Sports Club is
“It’s been pretty good,”
pleased to make this opporBob Gooding of Olympic
tunity available to local resSporting Goods (360-374idents at a considerable dis6330) in Forks said.
count from similar courses,
“After all the water
not to mention eliminating
calmed down, there’s still
the need to travel.
plenty around, but the Cal“In addition, the class
awah and Sol Duc are both will be customized for our
fishing pretty well.”
local Hurricane Ridge terAdded Gooding, “If it
rain and conditions, which
maintains like it is, it
also benefits the particishould be pretty decent
pants.”

two scheduled by the River
Center, with another set for
March 19 at the same
times. The trips are limited
to 10 participants.
All participants must
register, and space is limited. To register, contact
River Center at 360-6814076.
■ A Hunter Education
course — required for any
new hunter born after Jan.
1, 1972 — will be offered
this March in Forks.
The class will meet
March 7, 9, 14 and 16 from
6-9 p.m. at the West End
Sportsmen’s Club. There
will also be a final test
March 19 at 8 a.m.
Students must pre-register and can do so online
at http://wdfw.wa.gov/
hunting/huntered/classes/
basic.php.
For more information on
the class, contact Randy
Messenbrink at 360-3745718.
■ Waters West Fly Fishing Outfitters will host a
free fly-tying and fishing
Razors return
seminar next Saturday,
As was mentioned in
Feb. 26, at its Port Angeles
Thursday’s outdoors colshop.
umn, razor clam harvestThe seminar, which
ing returns to the coast
starts at 10 a.m., will focus
this weekend.
on winter steelhead flies
Kalaloch and four other and feature guest tyer
coastal beaches (Twin Har- John Wayne Sadler.
bors, Mocrocks, Long Beach
For more information,
and Copalis) open to after- contact Waters West at
noon digs today and Satur- 360-417-0937
day.
■ Admiralty Audubon’s
With surf conditions
Ken Wilson and Dan Waglooking prime and the
goner will lead a birding
weather decent, things
trip to Skagit County on
should be quite productive
Saturday, Feb. 26.
for those willing to dig.
A group will take the 8
Here are the tides for
a.m. Keystone ferry and
each day:
eventually return around 6
■ Today — Minus 0.9
p.m. Carpooling is encourfeet at 6:33 p.m.
aged, as is contact with trip
■ Saturday — Minus
leaders.
0.5 feet at 7:13 p.m.
To register for the trip,
For more information on
contact
Waggoner at 360coastal razor clams, visit
wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shell- 301-1788 or danwags57@
gmail.com; or Wilson at
fish/razorclams.
tadpoleranch@gmail.com.
■ Washington Trails
Also . . .
Association will gather a
■ Point Whitney will
volunteer work party at
see some changes for its
Peabody Creek Trail on
upcoming sport clamming
Tuesday, March 1.
season.
Volunteers will conduct
While Point Whitney
some routine trail mainteLagoon will open to sport
nance on the Olympic
clamming of all kinds
National Park tract. VolunMarch 1-31, the Point
Whitney Tidelands will not teers must pre-register 48
hours in advance.
open until March 15.
To pre-register, contact
Changes in seasons at
Washington Trails at 206the two Jefferson County
625-1367 or visit www.wta.
beaches were made in
response to state surveys of org.
the clam populations in the
Send photos, stories
area.
■ Dungeness River
Want your event listed
Audubon Center’s Bob
in the outdoors column?
Boekelheide will lead an
Have a fishing or huntowl prowl into the northing report, an anecdote
eastern Olympic foothills
about an outdoors experiSaturday from 7 p.m. to
ence or a tip on gear or
midnight.
technique, why not share it
The owl prowl is one of
with our readers?
Cost is $125 for ski club/
season pass holders and
$175 for nonmembers. Similar classes can run from
$300 to $400.
Instructor Niko Weis
has more than 25 years of
avalanche safety experience.
He was Ski Patrol
Director at Mount Washington on Vancouver Island
and had an eight-year stint
on the Canadian Avalanche
Association Board of Directors.
Weis has taught avalanche classes for several
years on the Peninsula and
is intimately familiar with
the terrain and snow of
Hurricane Ridge.
The class will meet at
the Clallam County Family
YMCA, 302 S. Francis St.,
in Port Angeles at 6 p.m.
tonight.
The Saturday and Sunday sessions will be spent
on the Ridge.
For more information,
contact Frank Crippen of
North by Northwest Surf
Co. at 360-452-5144.

Five best bets
for this week
■ Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby —
George Washington
might not have been able
to tell a lie, but that’s
probably because he
never fished.
Luckily for those honest types, we have things
like salmon derbies,
which actually require
us to weigh our fish
before making outlandish claims.
Oh, and the winner
also gets outlandish
sums of money ($10,000).
■ Sol Duc steelhead
— Richard Nixon probably would’ve been a good
steelheader.
A sometimes-cranky
disposition (check). A
stubborn pursuer of
goals, even in the face of
constant failure (check).
Well-practiced in the art
of deception (check).
Yes, I think it’s safe to
say our 37th president
would hook a steelie on
the Sol Duc River this
weekend.
■ Razor clams —
Franklin Delano Roosevelt certainly knew the
value of putting a shovel
in the ground.
You can learn that too
by taking part in this
Send it to me, Matt
Schubert, Sports Department, Peninsula Daily
News, P.O. Box 1330, Port
Angeles, WA 98362; phone,
360-417-3526; fax, 360-4173521; e-mail matt.schubert
@peninsuladailynews.com.

weekend’s afternoon
razor clam digs at
Kalaloch and four other
coastal beaches.
For more details, see
today’s outdoors column.
■ Counting cluckers — Thomas Jefferson
never missed a chance to
indulge his avian interests, and you shouldn’t
either.
This weekend’s Great
Backyard Bird Count —
set for today through
Monday — gives Peninsula birders the same
chance.
Counters can tally
birds in their own backyard or venture off to
other locations, then
come home and enter the
data online at www.birdcount.org.
Way easier than writing the Declaration of
Independence.
■ Powder up —
George W. Bush was
once known to partake
in some fresh powder.
There’s plenty of that
sitting atop Hurricane
Ridge, so you cut up a
little powder of your own
this weekend. That
includes the Monday holiday.
Matt Schubert

__________
Matt Schubert is the
outdoors columnist for the
Peninsula Daily News. His
column appears on Thursdays and Fridays.

Williams, Wildcats hold off WSU 79-70
By John Marshall
The Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. — When
Derrick Williams first
injured his pinky, Arizona
coach Sean Miller said it
would probably take three
weeks before he felt comfortable again.
Miller was right and his
best player was back.
Williams had his best
game since getting his
pinky bent backward three
weeks ago, scoring 26 points
and
grabbing
eight
rebounds to help the 12thranked Wildcats overcome
Klay Thompson’s big night
and beat Washington State
79-70 on Thursday.
“He’s worrying about
less now, you can tell he’s

feeling better, which makes
sense because this is the
three-week mark of his
injury and what we talked
about is this is when he’d
start to feel better,” Miller
said.
“I think big picture-wise,
he’s going to be returning
back to form.”
Williams had been relatively quiet the previous
two games, scoring a combined 23 points as he tried
to fight through collapsing
defenses and a bandage
that made his right hand
look like a white toy gun.
The defense nor the stillbandaged pinky didn’t
bother him this night.
Somewhat reluctant to
shoot as much with his
right hand after the injury,

Williams shot confidently
from his dominant side, getting to the rim seemingly
whenever he wanted and to
the line when he didn’t.
Shaking off a slow start,
Williams gained confidence
as the game went along,
finishing 7 of 10 from the
floor and hitting all 12 of
his free throws to help Arizona (22-4, 11-2 Pac-10)
improve to 14-0 at home.
“Yeah, he played great,”
said Arizona guard Kyle
Fogg, who had most of his
seven assists to Williams.
Arizona needed more
than just Williams against
the Cougars.
Numerous players provided a lift early as Williams revved up his engine
and Solomon Hill provided

additional support by scoring all 12 of his points in
the second half.
Arizona had some breakdowns defensively in the
second half, particularly on
Thompson, to lose most of a
17-point lead, but pulled
out its seventh straight win
by making 24 of 26 free
throws,
including
21
straight.
“That’s the sign of a good
team, a veteran team that
knows how to win,” Washington State coach Ken
Bone said. “Good teams
don’t beat themselves and
Arizona didn’t allow that to
happen.”
Washington State still
almost pulled it out behind
Thompson.
The Pac-10’s leading

scorer had a quiet start just
like Williams, then got into
a rhythm, scoring his 30
points in bunches.
Thompson had 12 points
in the first half and almost
single-handedly led the
Cougars back with 11
points in 3½ minutes after
Washington State fell

behind by 17.
He finished 11 of 24 from
the floor, including 5 of 8
from 3-point range.
“Klay Thompson proved
to a lot of people he’s one of
the best college players out
there,” Miller said.
“I don’t know what more
we could do.”

PORT ANGELES —
This evening, an uncommon concert — populated
with unusual instruments
— will fill the Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship
Hall between Sequim and
Port Angeles.
It’s titled the “Full Moon
Harmonic Healing.”
It will start with “a couple of Earth chants to
ground people,” promised
Geraldine Lesser, a drummer and one of the trio of
women hosting the 6:30
p.m. event.
Lesser will also play the
mother buffalo drum, an
instrument covered with
buffalo hide.
Then Sequim recording
artist Sophia Engkvist will
tone — vocalize without

words — and play her set
of Tibetan and crystal
bowls, gongs and bells.
Marie-Claire Bernards,
an intuitive consultant who
owns Willow Pond Consulting, will offer meditations
for healing.

Gentle vibrations
Together, the elements
of the concert will render
listeners awash in gentle
vibrations, Lesser said.
She describes tonight’s
concert as both a refreshing experience and a sensory pleasure.
“Come with an open
mind,” she said, “and an
open heart.
“Sound is something we
don’t pay enough attention
to” as a healing agent.
The sound of crystal
bowls is “otherworldly,”
Lesser added.

Peninsula Weekend
“It takes you out of your
ordinary state of mind to a
higher vibration.
“What we’re trying to do
is relax people . . . it’s healing to relax, and it’s healing to be in community

with other people doing the
same thing.”
“This sonic experience,”
added Bernards, “will be
unique for each in attendance.”
She, along with Eng-

kvist and Lesser, is part of
a monthly gathering called
the Intuitive Circle at the
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, at 73 Howe Road
off North Barr Road.
The circle usually meets
the third Thursday of the
month from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m., so the next one will
be March 17.

Like the circle, the concert is “a nondenominational experience,” Bernards said.
“Bring mats, pillows,
blankets, etc., for your comfort, as it is recommended
that you lie down for some
or all of the time,” she
added.
But “nothing [is]
required but your presence.”
Admission to tonight’s
Harmonic Healing is a
donation of $5 to $20, but
Bernards emphasized that
no one will be turned away.
Engkvist’s CD, “What If
a Day,” will be available for
purchase.
To learn more about
tonight’s concert and the
monthly Intuitive Circle,
phone Bernards at 360681-4411 or visit www.
theWillowPond.com.

________
Features Editor Diane Urbani
de la Paz can be reached at 360417-3550 or at diane.urbani@
peninsuladailynews.com.

Weather no obstacle to weekend activities
Peninsula Daily News

Avalanche class

A cacophony of activities
— mostly indoors because of
the wet, chilly weather —
are planned this Presidents
Day weekend on the North
Olympic Peninsula.
Information about activities relating to the visual
and lively arts can be found
in Peninsula Spotlight, the
Peninsula Daily News’
weekly entertainment guide,
in today’s PDN.
Other major weekend
events for you to enjoy are
spotlighted on this page, on
“Things To Do” on Page C2,
and — by area — below:

PORT ANGELES —
Hurricane Ridge Winter
Sports Club will host a
Level I avalanche class
today through Sunday.
The class will emphasize safe route-finding,
snowpack evaluation, making use of weather observations and companion rescue.
Participants can earn a
Level I certificate from the
American Alpine Association.
The class will meet at
the Clallam County YMCA,
302 S. Francis St., at 6 p.m.
today, and spend Saturday
and Sunday in the field at
Hurricane Ridge.
Cost is $125 for ski club/
season pass holders and
$175 for nonmembers.
The class will be customized for Hurricane
Ridge terrain and conditions.
Instructor Niko Weis
has more than 25 years of
avalanche safety experience.
He has served as the ski
patrol director at Mount
Washington on Vancouver
Island and an eight-year
stint on the Canadian Avalanche Association board of
directors.
Weis has taught avalanche classes for many
years for the Hurricane
Ridge Winter Sports Club,
Olympic National Park and
Olympic Mountain Rescue,
and he is familiar with the
terrain and snow conditions at Hurricane Ridge.
The class is open to all
winter enthusiasts, including skiers, snowboarders
and snowshoers.
For more information,
phone Frank Crippen at
North by Northwest at
360-452-5144.

Port Angeles
‘Creature Feature’
PORT ANGELES — The
Port Angeles Library, 2210
S. Peabody St., will host its
first “3-D Creature Feature”
film event at 3:30 p.m.
today.
This event is for students in seventh to 12th
grades and will include a
brief overview of the movie
along with the use of 3-D
glasses.
“Swampy snacks” will
be provided.
Funding for the program is provided by Port
Angeles Friends of the
Library.
For more information,
phone the library’s youth
services department at
360-417-8502 or visit www.
nols.org and click on
“Youth.”

from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The cost for six lessons
is $50 for Eagles members,
$60 for the public.
Intermediate dancers
may attend both series at
no additional cost.
Classes will be taught
by Becky Hall and Cliff
Coulter.
For more information,
phone 360-912-7007.

Sequim and
Dungeness Valley
Book signing set
SEQUIM — Olympic
Theatre Arts will kick off
its first Play Writing Contest with a presentation by
filmmaker and novelist
Eric Delabarre today.
The talk will be held at
Olympic Theatre Arts, 414
N. Sequim Ave., at
3:30 p.m.
Delabarre, a former TV
show writer, will talk about
his most recent work, Saltwater Taffy, and introduce
the audience to the process
of writing.
Saltwater Taffy is set in
Port Townsend. During the
summer of 2012, Delabarre
plans to begin filming the
screen version of his book
in Port Townsend.
For more information,
phone Olympic Theatre
Arts at 360-683-7326.

Boater safety

Prowl the ‘Owlympics’

bon Center, will lead participants on an exploratory
journey in the northeastern
Olympic foothills to find
owls and other night creatures.
The event will run from
7 p.m. until after midnight.
Cost is $30 per person.
Preregistration is
required.
Another “Owl Prowl”
will be held Saturday,
March 19.
For more information or
to register, phone the river
center at 360-681-4076.

SEQUIM — Bob
Boekelheide will lead
an“Owl Prowl in the Owlympics” on Saturday.
Excel class slated
Boekelheide, director of
the Dungeness River AuduSEQUIM — Tom Pitre

will teach “Excel Spreadsheets: Survey and
Advanced Topics” at The
Center of Infinite Reflections, 144 Tripp Road, from
9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Free coffee and tea and
fast wireless Internet will
be provided.
Class participants
should bring a laptop computer. Cost of the course is
$9.95.
To RSVP, send an e-mail
message with the subject
line “Center Classes” to
thomaspitre@gmail.com.
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SEQUIM — The Coast
Guard Auxiliary will offer
American Boating Safety
classes this weekend and
in March.
Science lecture
Classes will be held
PORT ANGELES —
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today,
Alden Denny, a University
and Friday, March 18, and
of Washington graduate
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satstudent in oceanography,
urday, Feb. 19, and Saturwill discuss “Hydrothermal
day, March 19.
Vents” at the Feiro Marine
All courses will be held
Life Center at 6:30 p.m.
at Prairie Springs Assisted
Gun show slated
Saturday.
Living, 680 W. Prairie St.
The Feiro Marine Life
PORT ANGELES — A
The course complies
Center is on Port Angeles
gun and knife show will be with requirements for a
City Pier, 315 N. Lincoln
held at the Port Angeles
Washington State Boaters
Masonic Lodge, 622 S. Lin- Education Card, which is
St.
coln St., from 9 a.m. to
Alden works for
now required for anyone
5 p.m. Saturday and
research assistant profesage 35 and younger to
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. operate a powerboat
sor Deborah Kelly at UW.
General admission is $6 legally.
He has a Bachelor of
per day, and a weekend
Science in geology from
Cost is $12 for auxiliary
pass is $9.
Western Washington Unimembers, $25 for the pubYouths 12 and younger
versity and has particilic.
will be admitted free with
pated in research fellowFor more information,
an adult.
ships at the Woods Hole
e-mail Auxiliary Public
Active-duty military and Education Officer Sylvia
Oceanographic Institute
police members will receive Oster at uscgamail@yahoo.
and the U.S. Geological
a $1 discount.
com or phone 360-457Survey.
The show will also
6644.
His current research
include Western and
projects include the creNative American memora- Bunco fundraiser
ation of highly detailed
bilia; fishing, camping and
geologic maps of the Lost
SEQUIM — The
outdoor equipment; and
City Hydrothermal Field
Sequim
Guild of Seattle
educational
information
on
based on 2000, 2003; and
2005 cruise data; high-res- the Second Amendment to Children’s Hospital will
hold a bunco party in the
olution geologic mapping of the U.S. Constitution.
parish hall at St. Luke’s
the Endeavour hydrotherEpiscopal Church, 525 N.
mal system; and the devel- Tango lessons set
Fifth Ave., at noon today.
opment of a metadata capPORT ANGELES — A
Using recipes from its
ture system for HD video
six-lesson series of Argenrecently published cookfrom submersible vehicles. tine tango lessons will
book, members of the guild
Suggested donation is
begin at the Eagles ballwill offer hors d’oeuvres,
$5. For further information, room, 110 S. Penn St., on
sandwiches, salads and
phone 360-417-6254.
Sunday.
desserts.
The event is sponsored
A series for beginners
Prizes will be provided
by the Olympic Coast
will run from 5 p.m. to
by members as well as
National Marine Sanctuary 6 p.m.
community businesses.
and Feiro Marine Life CenLessons for intermediA silent auction will be
ate students will be held
ter.

held. Suggested donation is
$12.
All proceeds will be used
to pay hospital costs at
Seattle Children’s Hospital
for uninsured or underinsured children in families
needing assistance.
Reservations may be
made by phoning 360-7977105 or e-mailing buncosq
guild@hotmail.com.

Port Angeles
Today
Play and Learn Port Angeles — For children ages 0-5 to
attend with parent, grandparent or caregiver with individual
and group play, songs and
story time. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Phone 360-452-5437 for location and more information.

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Events: Public asked to participate in bird count
Continued from C1 count orientation will be
held at Dungeness River
Audubon Center, 2151 W.
Count those birds
Hendrickson Road, from
SEQUIM — Olympic 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Peninsula Audubon Society
Families and lesserand the Dungeness River skilled bird identifiers are
Audubon Center are seek- encouraged to participate.
The event is open to the
ing North Olympic Peninsula birdwatchers to partic- public and binoculars are
ipate in the Great Backyard available for loan.
To register for the bird
Bird Count today through
walk, phone the river center
Monday.
For this count, partici- at 360-681-4076.
pants can tally the birds in
their backyards or other Dog food demo
locations, then enter the
SEQUIM — Best Friend
data online at www.bird Nutrition: A Health Food
count.org.
Store for Pets!, 680 W.
A free bird walk and bird Washington St., will host a

dog food demonstration
from Natures Logic from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The public and their
dogs are invited.
Best Friend Nutrition is
a health food store for pets
owned by Hope and Jim
Williams.
For more information,
phone 360-681-8458 or visit
www.bestfriendnutrition.
com.

Forks/West End

some of her favorite reads of
the past year during a book
talk event at the Forks
Library, 171 S. Forks Ave.
The event will run from
noon to 1 p.m. Saturday.
“Beat the Winter Blues”
is the theme of the event.
The presentation is free
and open to the public.
For more information
about the program, phone
the Forks Library at 360374-6402, e-mail Forks@nols.
org or visit www.nols.org.

Clallam Bay stories

Book talk slated

CLALLAM BAY — A
FORKS – Former Forks
High School teacher Eve story time for children ages
Datisman will highlight 3 to 6 will be held at the
Clallam Bay Library, 16990
state Highway 112, at
10 a.m. today.
Children will be taught
new aspects of the library.
The event will include
stories, a tour of the facility
and a craft project.
For more information,
phone the Clallam Bay
Library at 360-963-2414 or
visit www.nols.org.

A silent auction will be
held at 9 a.m. with the
meeting starting at 10 a.m.
Beroz Ferrell will speak
on “Leading Effectively in a
Diverse World.”
Ferrell has 20 years of
experience in psychology,
human resource management and organizational
development and has a corporate consulting firm in
Southeast Asia.
Participants will hear
about the differences in how
men and women lead and
what is necessary to lead
effectively in a diverse world.
The meeting is open to
the public.
For more information
e-mail
porttownsend@
aauw-wa.org or visit www.
aauwpt.org.

Storytelling event
PORT TOWNSEND —
Storyteller Frederick Park
will tell a series of familyoriented stories followed by
an ice cream social at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St.,
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Park, from Asheville,
N.C., has been a guest storyteller at many festivals
and in schools across America for more than 30 years,
including the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn.
He is a frequent guest at
Centrum’s Festival of
American Fiddle Tunes as
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and master of ceremonies.
Suggested donation is $5
per person, $10 for a family.
For more information,
phone 360-385-0456 or
e-mail jowarm@olypen.com.

Singing workshop
PORT TOWNSEND —
The PT Songlines Community Choir will hold a men’s
singing workshop with
instructor Dennis Donnelly
from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The workshop will be
held at the Rosewind Common House, corner of Haines
and Umatilla streets.
Donnelly is co-director of
the 350-member “Gettin’
Higher Choir” in Victoria.
It is open to current
choir members and those
with an interest in learning
more about singing.
The workshop is $30 per
person, and scholarships
are available.
For more information,
phone Laurence Cole at
360-379-1553 or Gretchen
Sleicher at 360-379-9123.

Marine meeting
PORT TOWNSEND —
The Port Townsend Marine
Science Center will hold its
annual meeting at the Port
Townsend Yacht Club, 2503
Washington St., from 4 p.m.
to 6 p.m. Saturday.
Center Executive Director Anne Murphy will present a brief review of 2010
activities and preview 2011
events.
She will be followed by
Rick Jahnke, Port Townsend
resident and professor
emeritus of the Skidaway
Institute of Oceanography,
who will discuss climate
change and ocean change.
Admission is free to center members; suggested
donation is $7 for nonmembers.
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Solution to suicide is available in Jesus
I WINCE WHEN people do it. I know they do it
without thinking, but I still
cringe.
It’s a simple nonverbal
gesture, but it can be horrendously loud. At least in
my head it’s loud: A forefinger is placed to the temple
and the thumb-hammer is
released.
Bang. I hear it. I see it.
But the storyteller doesn’t
and rambles on without a
clue.
They probably don’t see
me flinch. And for me to
explain to them what their
“handgun” just mentally
triggered probably wouldn’t
be kind.
I know they meant no
harm, but they no longer
really have my attention.
My mind has gone to a different place, a different
time, a different story.
“Would you be willing to
identify his body?” the officer asked me. The officer
was a friend with whom I
shared the same first
name; now, we shared
something very different.
We stood together in
front of the car with its
trunk hiding the grisly
scene. It is my nature to
want to be helpful, but I
asked, “Is it really necessary?”
He graciously said it
wasn’t, so I declined the
certain mental residue.
Greg drove, and this
Greg sat in dreaded silence
as we rode to deliver the
news to my wife about her
younger brother.
Was it merely circumstance that she was taking
a walk in the woods with
Greg’s wife?
They knew something
was wrong when they saw
the Gregs arrive in the
black police car. I choked
out the news and handed

ISSUES OF FAITH
her the
Reynolds bloodstained
note.
The
lightning
bolt of
tragedy
went
deep into
a sister’s
soul, my
wife’s
soul.
Later, the sky and
hearts cracked again when
I informed his mother over
the telephone and helplessly heard her wail.
He was my brother-inlaw. Married. Three very
young children.
Family and friends were
left dumbstruck. Sometimes there was anger.
Always there was pain.
The “Why?” and “What
if . . . ?” questions came as
incessantly as the tide, but
they always remained
unanswered. And there is
the self-searching pondering “Maybe if I’d have . . .”
With time, the questions
and ponderings lessen, but
I suspect they will never
really disappear.
The only thing I had the
power to make disappear
was the gun. I like guns,
but not that one. Sparks
flew as the metal chop-saw
performed justice.

Greg

Life goes on for living
Life continues for the
living. It isn’t the same, but
it continues.
His three young children have grown. The oldest daughter is now happily married and has a
daughter of her own. The
son is in the Navy and got

married last year. The
youngest daughter has
graduated from high
school. And today, his wife
is a woman full of life.
But no one has forgotten.
I extend my condolences
to the local families and
their friends who are grieving from recent suicides. I
am sorry for your loss and
pain.
I pray that God will
somehow provide you comfort. The Author of Life
knows your grief.
I dare not simplify the
complexities of suicide, but
often there is a common
thread of hopelessness.
A hopeless problem. A
hopeless relationship or the
hopelessness of no relationship. A future with no foreseeable hope.
Instead of light at the
end of the tunnel, there is
just a dark, endless tunnel.
And instead of searching
for or finding a viable
escape, some people sadly
succumb to the darkness.

U.S. high school students
reported that they had
seriously considered
attempting suicide during
the 12 months preceding
the survey, 6.3 percent of
students reported that they
had actually attempted
suicide one or more times
during the same period,”
according to the website
www.cdc.gov/violence
prevention.
No, the problem of suicide should not be avoided.
I commend the many
people who search for suicide solutions and help in
its aftermath.
Hospitals and law
enforcement agencies are
trained to help. Counselors
help. Parents help. And
perhaps best of all, teens
want to help their peers.
Crescent School District
has an award-winning
Youth Suicide Prevention
Program that teaches students various skills to identify and help a suicidal
friend. A community effort
is good.
And within the commuAvoidance not solution nity effort, Christians and
churches also want to help.
As a society, we often
Listening ears. Shoulskirt the problem of suiders to cry on. Silent hugs.
cide. It’s a very uncomfort- Words of compassion, even
able problem. Avoiding it is if awkward. Hot meals and
much easier.
food for the freezer. Maybe
But people in the wake
a place to hold a memorial
of suicide don’t have the
and offer words of comfort.
avoidance option. And
All of these are tangible
avoidance is never a soluways of joining with the
tion.
community to help.
According to the CenBut in their effort to
ters for Disease Control
help, Christians must point
and Prevention, in 2007,
to Jesus. For it is Jesus
suicide was the 11th leadwho still implores:
ing cause of death in this
“Come to me, all you
country. That’s one suicide
who are weary and burevery 15 minutes.
dened, and I will give you
Among young people
rest. Take my yoke upon
ages 15 to 24, there are 100 you and learn from me, for
to 200 attempted suicides
I am gentle and humble in
for every completed suicide. heart, and you will find
“In 2009, 13.8 percent of rest for your souls”

Quilcene Community Conversation Wrap-up and potluck — Consideration and
selection of community based
projects. Quilcene Community
Center, 294952 U.S. Highway
101, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Bring a
dish to share. For more information, phone Cass at 360765-0901.

be exposed.
“But whoever lives by
the truth comes into the
light, so that it may be
seen plainly that what they
have done has been done in
the sight of God” (John
3:19-21).
Jesus knew that he was
the fulfillment of Isaiah’s
prophecy: “The Spirit of the
Lord is on me, because he
has anointed me to proComplications
claim good news to the
I realize that the cirpoor. He has sent me to
cumstances surrounding
proclaim freedom for the
suicide are complicated. I
prisoners and recovery of
do not want to be misunsight for the blind, to set
derstood as being simplisthe oppressed free, to protic, but I am obligated to
say that the solution to sui- claim the year of the Lord’s
favor” (Luke 4:18-19).
cide is available: Jesus.
Is anyone more
That statement will
undoubtedly make some
oppressed than a person
people bristle. But how
contemplating suicide?
much do people really want Jesus brings good news —
a solution? Sadly, some
and release — and hope.
people would prefer no
“We have this hope as
solution than that solution: an anchor for the soul, firm
“This is the verdict:
and secure” (Hebrews
Light has come into the
6:19).
world, but people loved
_________
darkness instead of light
because their deeds were
Issues of Faith is a rotating
evil.
column by seven religious leaders
“Everyone who does evil on the North Olympic Peninsula.
hates the light, and will
The Rev. Greg Reynolds is pastor
not come into the light for
of Joyce Bible Church. His e-mail
is jbc@joycebiblechurch.org.
fear that their deeds will
(Matthew 11:28-29).
And some souls desperately need rest.
God has provided an
escape from life’s dark tunnels of despair. It was
Jesus who proclaimed: “I
am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will
never walk in darkness,
but will have the light of
life” (John 8:12).

WASHINGTON — Consumers paid more in January for everything from food
and gas to airline tickets
and clothing.
The price increases
reflect creeping but stillmodest inflation.
The Consumer Price
Index rose 0.4 percent last
month, matching December’s increase, the Labor
Department said Thursday.
In the past year, the
index has risen 1.6 percent.
Core prices, which
exclude volatile food and
energy costs, rose 0.2 percent.
That’s
the
largest
increase in more than a
year.
They increased 1 percent
over the past 12 months.
That’s higher than
December’s 0.8 percent
annual pace but well below

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WASHINGTON — The
Obama administration is
launching a new round of
work site investigations,
maintaining the pressure
on businesses to make
sure they are hiring only
people who can legally
work in the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said
Thursday it has notified
1,000 companies of
upcoming audits of their
I-9s, forms that new
employees complete, and
of the identification documents those employees
provided to show they are
eligible to work in the U.S.
“The inspections will
touch on employers of all
sizes and in every state in
the nation — no one
industry is being targeted
nor is any one industry
immune from scrutiny,”
ICE said in a statement.
The agency declined to
name the businesses to be
inspected.

RICHLAND — A former materials coordinator
at the Hanford nuclear
reservation has been sentenced to three years, probation for arranging supply orders to be filled by a
company his wife owned.
Gregory Detloff
pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Richland to
one count of conspiracy to
commit wire fraud.
Judge Rosanna Malouf

The Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska —
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell
said Thursday he will not
implement the federal
health care overhaul after a
judge in Florida struck down
the law as unconstitutional.
It’s not immediately clear
what practical impact the
unusual move would have
on Alaskans, an estimated
14 percent of whom are
uninsured year-round.
A major expansion of the
federal law is still pending,
and a legal expert and
health care consumer advo-

Other reports Thursday
showed:
n More people are
applying for unemployment
benefits.
Applications rose last
week to a seasonally
adjusted 410,000, the Labor
Department said.
That follows a week
when they fell to their low-

reached a 40-year low of
4.17 percent in November.
n A private research
group’s gauge of future economic activity rose a slim
0.1 percent in January,
much less than in recent
months.
The rise in the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators was
the seventh consecutive
monthly advance.
The report on consumer
prices shows that some companies are seeking to pass
on higher prices for oil, cotton and agricultural products.
In January, a measure of
wholesale inflation rose at
the fastest pace in more
than two years.
But high unemployment
and weak wage increases
are limiting retailers from
hiking up prices.

cate said any refusal by the
states to participate in the
law is an invitation to the
federal government to step
in and implement it for
them.
Parnell, who sought the
advice of his attorney general amid concerns implementing the law would violate his oath of office, told
the Juneau Chamber of
Commerce the state would
pursue lawful, marketbased solutions to making
insurance affordable and
accessible to Alaskans.
He said the Florida
judge’s ruling is the law of

the land as it pertains to
Alaska, barring implementation of the federal law
here.
He said the state will
pursue options of its own
instead.
Alaska and Washington
state were two of 26 states
that were party to the Florida lawsuit.
However, in other cases,
two federal judges have
upheld the law, and one
judge ruled a provision
requiring citizens to buy
health insurance or face
penalties — a major point of

contention in the Florida
case — is unconstitutional
but did not strike down the
rest of the law.
While the ultimate decision is likely to rest with the
U.S. Supreme Court, for now,
the overhaul is the law of
the land, contends Timothy
S. Jost, a professor at the
Washington and Lee University School of Law.
“This is one renegade
judge that has reached this
decision,” he said.
In refusing to participate
in the law, he said, Alaska “is
really the outlier” among
states.

46-state tobacco settlements
in 1998.
The lawsuit says the
tribe’s treaty guarantees it
can get goods to market
“free of any fees, tolls or
other impediments.”
A damage figure was not
cited; however, the company

is seeking court orders
declaring King Mountain is
not subject to the penalty
and directing the state to
refund all penalties paid to
date.
In a statement late
Wednesday regarding the
lawsuit, attorney general’s

spokesman Dan Sytman
claimed King Mountain is
reneging on a previous
agreement to pay the penalty.
“We do not agree that the
treaty grants the exemptions
King
Mountain
claims,” he said.

He noted that Southwest
Airlines recently blocked a
fourth effort to raise fares
on its routes after going
along with the first three
increases.

YAKIMA — Federal
agents have raided a cigarette maker on the Yakama
Reservation, one day after
the company sued Washington state alleging violations
of the tribe’s 1855 treaty.
A lawyer for King Mountain tobacco confirmed
Wednesday’s raid but otherwise declined to comment.
The FBI and the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives did not
return calls seeking comment.
The raid came one day
after King Mountain sued
Washington state and Attorney General Rob McKenna,
alleging violations of the
Yakama Nation’s 1855
treaty rights.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court,
King Mountain claims the
state is illegally collecting a
penalty stemming from the

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DALLAS — Major U.S.
airlines are rolling back a
fare increase of up to $120
per round trip on tickets
favored by business travelers.
Delta Air Lines raised
the fares Monday, and other
major airlines went along.
But fare trackers said
that US Airways had second thoughts and dropped
the increase Wednesday.
Rick Seaney of FareCompare.com said Thursday
that United and Continental then completely rolled
back their increases, while
Delta and American scaled
back their hikes.
Fare increases can fail if
a major competitor refuses
to go along because other
airlines won’t risk losing
business with higher prices.
The Delta increase
applied to some first-class,
business-class and highend economy fares on routes
within the U.S.
It was the second — and
larger — increase aimed at
business travelers this
month. Airlines, which are
paying about 50 percent
more for fuel than they did
a year ago, have also raised
fares or fuel surcharges on
leisure travelers five times
since December.
Jamie Baker, an analyst
for JPMorgan Chase, said
that even though the Delta
increase targeted corporate
travelers who usually worry
less about price, evidence is
growing that many passengers may not be willing to
pay higher fares.

Bad news, good news

est level in nearly three
years, although the decline
was partly because snowstorms closed some government offices and kept people
from applying for benefits.
n Fewer homeowners
are falling behind on their
mortgages.
The Mortgage Bankers
Association said 8.2 percent
of homeowners missed at
least one mortgage payment
in the October-December
quarter.
That’s
down
from
9.1 percent in the previous
quarter and a high of more
than 10 percent in the January-March quarter.
But foreclosures are still
on the rise.
n The average rate on a
30-year fixed mortgage
dipped to 5 percent this
week from 5.05 percent,
according to Freddie Mac.
The average rate had

Agents raid Yakama tobacco company

Airlines roll back latest
business fare increase
The Associated Press

the Federal Reserve’s preferred range of closer to
2 percent.
Food prices climbed
0.5 percent in January, the
most in more than two
years.
However, food costs in
the U.S. are relatively tame
compared with many developing countries, which are
more vulnerable to steep
rises in the prices of corn,
wheat, coffee and other
major commodities.

Health care law nixed in Alaska

Peterson on Wednesday
ordered him to repay the
U.S. Department of
Energy $150,000 and to
perform 240 hours of community service. His probation includes 90 days of
$72 million bonus home confinement.
Court records show
SEATTLE — Alaska
Detloff arranged more
Air Group is paying
than 280 Hanford materi$72 million in bonuses
als orders to be filled by
this week to nearly all of
Detloff Industrial, a
its 12,600 Alaska Airlines wholesale supplier that
and Horizon Air employhis wife operated out of
ees for exceeding the Seat- their home.
tle company’s 2010 goals.
More than a dozen peoThe bonus of about
ple came to court to sup9 percent is more than a
port Detloff.
month’s pay for most
workers.
Nonferrous metals
Nearly $44 million is
NEW YORK — Spot nonfergoing to employees in the
rous metal prices Thursday.
Puget Sound area, about
Aluminum - $1.1230 per lb.,
$11 million to employees
London Metal Exch.
in the Portland, Ore., area
Copper - $4.5015 Cathode
and about $8 million to
full plate, LME.
Copper - $4.4800 N.Y. Merc
employees in Alaska.

Fraud case

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Valentines

Friday, February 18, 2011

Boat coverings
topic of lecture

for veterans

Members of the Camp Fire
USA Juan de Fuca Council
eighth- and ninth-grade
Horizon Club from Port Angeles
visit American Lake Veteran’s
Hospital in Lakewood to
deliver Valentine’s cards and
gifts as part of their annual
Valentines for Veterans Service
Project.
Spending time with Vietnam
veteran John Ledgerwood,
seated, are, from left, Holly
Williams, Haley Gray, Tori
Kuch, Callie Peet, Sarah
Steinman and Caroline Rooney.
The valentines were made by
Camp Fire youths ages 6 to 16
from Port Angeles and Forks.

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PORT TOWNSEND — Inger Rankins,
owner of Northwest Sails and Canvas, will
present “Covering your Boat or Covering
Your Cushions?” at a free Wooden Boat
Wednesday event.
It will be held in the Wooden Boat Chandlery at the Northwest Maritime Center,
431 Water St., from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday.
Rankins will share tips and tricks of the
trade in a talk on canvas, covers and cushions for boats.
Attendees will learn how to choose the
best covers for boats, what fabric to use,
what kind of windows to have in covers,
how to clean them and more.
There will also be an open forum for
questions about boat covers and cushions.
Rankins has been making canvas covers and cushions for boats in Port Townsend
since 1990.

Events: Fiber fair slated
Continued from C2 phone 360-379-1802.

Fiber arts demos set

Job workshops

CHIMACUM — Daughters of Norway Thea Foss
Lodge No. 45 will host a
“February Fiber Faire” at
the Tri-Area Community
Center, 10 West Valley
Road, at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Demonstrations
and
explanations of fiber arts
will be held.
Patricia Roche will discuss spinning and weaving,
Tori Twedt will talk about
knitting and Ruth Kohl will
show the intricate bobbin
lace.
They will share the
importance of fiber art in
Scandinavian culture and
how they came to master
their art.
The event is free and
open to the public.
Refreshments will be
served.
For more information,

PORT TOWNSEND —
Those looking for work are
invited to four free “Transition Yourself” workshops
through the Port Townsend
Library.
These workshops will be
held at the Charles Pink
House, which is next to the
library at Lawrence and
Harrison streets, from
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
today as well as Thursday
and Friday, Feb. 25.
The workshops cover the
social and psychological
challenges of finding work
in this economy, career
development planning and
hands-on assistance with
resumes,
applications,
interviewing, networking
and marketing.
Also, the Port Townsend
Library has added current
resources for job search,
career development and
business to its collection on

the second floor.
Computers are available
to use for job searches as
well.
Funding is provided by
the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, the Institute of
Museum and Library Services and a grant from
Puget Sound Energy.
Space is limited for the
workshops.
To register or for more
information,
e-mail
ptplhardtimes@gmail.com
or leave a phone message at
360-344-4608.

Folk/blues concert
COYLE — Seattle
singer/songwriter
Eric
Miller will perform at the
Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point
Road, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
He will perform selections of American folk, blues
and jazz music.
The event is open to all
ages, and admission is by
donation.

Death and Memorial Notice
SANDRA L. MUNN
September 10, 1951
February 11, 2011
Sandra L. Munn, 59, of
Quilcene passed away
February 11, 2011, in
Bremerton, Washington,
of cancer.
She was born September 10, 1951, in Bonners
Ferry, Idaho, to Noble
Dean and Lucille Lila
(Knight) Pierce.
Sandra married James
H. Munn on September
30, 2000, in Quilcene.
She was a store manager for Washington State
Liquor Control Board in
Sequim and resided in
Lake Leland.
She loved spending
weekends in her gardens
or on the water with her
family and dogs. Sandra
loved to travel and was
always the first one on the
dance floor. She always
made the annual trek to

Mrs. Munn
the Winthrop Blues Festival.
Sandra was a member
of the Quilcene Harbor
Yacht Club.
She is survived by her
husband, James H. Munn;
daughter and son-in-law,
Kae’la and Dave Ramsay;
parents, Lucille Lien and
Hector and Verna Munn;

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brothers and sisters-inlaw, Ron and Nancy
Pierce, and Terry and
Sharon Pierce; grandchildren, Joshua Irwin, Magnum Jacobs, Samantha
Ramsay and Qierstin
Ramsay; and great-granddaughter Kayli Irwin.
She was preceded in
death by her father, Noble
Dean Pierce; and grandmother, Francis L. Knight.
Every one is welcome
to attend memorial services at the Quilcene High
School multipurpose
room, 294715 Highway
101, Quilcene, February
19, 2011, 2 p.m. A potluck
and fun celebration of her
life will follow services at
the Quilcene Masonic
Lodge
Memorial donation
may be made to the Quilcene Harbor Yacht Club
Scholarship Fund, P.O.
Box 208, Quilcene, WA
98376.

Death and Memorial Notice
JOAN ‘BIRDEAN’
NASH
October 3, 1935
January 23, 2011
Joan “Birdean” Nash,
75, of Ephrata, Washington, passed away Sunday,
January 23, 2011, in
Wenatchee, Washington,
after a short illness.
Birdean was born
October 3, 1935, in Bellingham, Washington, to
Thomas Henry and Margret Braithwaite. She
graduated from Mount
Baker High School in
1954, and soon after married Lowell L. Nash.
Throughout their married life, they had lived in
the Bellingham area and

Mrs. Nash
Forks, where they built
homes.
Birdean is survived by
her husband of almost 57

years; three adult sons,
Bernie and Steve of Ephrata and Brian of Toutle,
Washington; sister, Karen
Dewey of Sequim; numerous grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by her parents; two
brothers, Richard and
Roger; and her infant
daughter, Kathleen.
There will be a celebration of life for Birdean
on Saturday, February 19,
2011, at 1 p.m. at the
American Legion in Ephrata.
Her ashes will be
placed at Greenacres in
Bellingham. There will be
a memorial on April 7,
2011, at 1 p.m.

Death and Memorial Notice
BERNARD
HOLMES
MCMAHILL
January 4, 1926
November 24, 2010
Bernie McMahill was
born on January 4, 1926,
in Omaha, Nebraska, and
died in Renton, Washington, on November 24,
2010.
He was a lover of junk
yards, children, cats, jazz,
chocolate, goats, dancing,
old movies, and old cars.
Bernie is survived by
his wife of 32 years,
Nancy; children, Scott
(Robin), Cheiron and
Teresa; stepchildren, John
Sawyer, Dean Sawyer
(Marie), Heidi Hale
(John), and Shari Trotzuk
(Wayne); brothers, Gary
McMahill, Fred Davis
(Dorothy), and Duane
“Micky” Davis (Rosemary);
16 grandchildren; five
great-grandchildren; five
nieces; four cousins, and
one grand-cat.
Brother James McMahill and son John Bernard
McMahill preceded Bernie
in death.
When he was 3 years
old, Bernie’s family moved

Mr. McMahill
to Seattle to join relatives.
His father died in 1931,
and in 1934, Bernie’s
mother married Claude
Davis. Claude’s work and
wanderlust took the family
to many places, among
them Panama, Electric
City, Washington — where
Claude worked on the
Grand Coulee Dam —
and Port Angeles, where
Bernie met his first wife,
Irene, and graduated from
Roosevelt High School in
1945.
His poor eyesight prevented Bernie from joining
the military in World War

II, but he proudly served
in the Merchant Marine.
Bernie moved from
Port Angeles to Seattle in
1950. He worked for the
Boeing Company for more
than 45 years, starting on
the assembly line and
ending his career in training.
After his retirement,
Bernie could often be
found at the Renton
Library, Scarecrow Video
or Borracchini’s Bakery.
His favorite pastime,
however, was working on
his beloved car, a work-inprogress that included
parts from a Chevy Corvair, Cadillac and 1939
Lincoln Zephyr coupe.
A big hearted, generous, warm-spirited lover of
life and great storyteller,
Bernie will be dearly
missed.
Donations in his memory can be made to the
junk yard of your choice,
or the King County Library
System Foundation, 960
Newport Way NW,
Issaquah, WA 98027, or
online at kclsfoundation.
org (please indicate that
the donation is in Bernie’s
memory and the funds will
go to the Renton Library).

Death and Memorial Notice
CAPT. JAMES
FRANKLIN BUTLER
July 10, 1936
February 13, 2011
Captain James Franklin
Butler (USCG ret.), longtime resident of Port Angeles, “Crossed the Bar” on
February 13, 2011, following a brief illness.
Beloved husband of
Ann Travers Butler, loving
father of Scott Franklin
Butler (Dubai, United Arab
Emirates), and Mary Butler
Getty (Portland, Oregon),
affectionate father-in-law to
Rhonda Butler (wife of
Scott) and Michael Getty
(husband of Mary), and
doting grandfather to Ashley, Ryan, Andrew, Nathan
and Caroline, he is already
sorely missed.
Jim was born in Ironwood, Michigan, on July
10, 1936, to Ralph and
Frances Butler, and graduated from Ironwood High
School in 1954.
He was preceded in
death by his mother and
father; sisters, Joan
Geuder and Patti Stonemark; and daughter, Elizabeth.
Jim and Ann were mar-

Capt. Butler
ried on March 25, 1961, in
Richmond, Indiana, and
would have celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary next month.
Throughout his life, he
was known for his vision,
energy and leadership.
A 1960 graduate of the
Coast Guard Academy in
New London, Connecticut,
he earned a Master of Science in Industrial Administration degree at Purdue
University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 1973.
He began his distinguished military career as
a Seaman Recruit at Cape

May, New Jersey, in 1955.
As an enlisted serviceman,
he was an Electronics
Technician and transferred
to the Academy in short
order.
Following graduation
from the Academy, he was
assigned to serve aboard
the USCGC Mackinaw,
and then sent to flight
training, where he found
his lifelong passion as a
superlative pilot flying both
fixed-wing and rotary wing.
Transfers to Barbers
Point, Hawaii, and Traverse
City, Michigan, followed.
After graduate school,
Jim was transferred to the
Coast Guard Aviation
Training Center in Mobile,
Alabama, as Aviation Engineering Officer. The next
tour of duty was at CG
headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he was
selected to act as the
Coast Guard liaison to
President Carter’s inauguration in 1971, and then
tapped to head up the
A-76 program.
In 1979, Jim arrived in
Port Angeles and served
as Commanding Officer of
the Air Station. Following
this assignment, he was
Chief of Personnel of CG

District Office in Seattle,
then Commanding Officer
of the Aircraft Repair and
Support Center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
Headquarters called up
again and Jim was Deputy
Head of the CG Short
Range Rescue Helicopter
Procurement Project.
During his service he
received three meritorious
service medals, a Joint
Service Commendation
Medal, a CG Commendation Medal, a Coast Guard
Achievement Medal, a
Commandant’s Letter of
Commendation, a CG Unit
Commendation, a Meritorious Unit Commendation, a
National Defense Service
Medal, a Coast Guard Sea
Service Ribbon, a Vietnam
Service Medal with Bronze
Star, and an Expert .45
caliber Pistol Ribbon.
His last tour of duty was
in the CG District Office in
Cleveland, Ohio, where he
was Chief of Staff. He
retired from the Coast
Guard in 1989, and
returned to Port Angeles,
where he continued to be
very active in public service.
Jim cared about a lot of

things: his family, his
friends, the Coast Guard,
his community and his
country.
Following his official
retirement, he wasted little
time in getting involved.
He was on the Board of
Directors of the YMCA and
Board of Directors of the
Port Angeles Fine Arts
Center. He was active in
several local political campaigns.
He was President of
Travers Inc., a family
investment corporation.
As a member of the
Episcopal Church, Jim was
a driving force behind the
development of an
assisted living facility, St.
Andrew’s Place, and was
Chairman of the Board for
St. Andrew’s Place.
Because of his success
with that, he became a
board member of Episcopal Retirement Communities.
Since he loved to fix
people’s problems, he
found a niche serving as a
Guardian Ad Litem for
Juvenile & Family Services
of Clallam County.
How he lived every day
was a testament to how he

enriched the lives of countless others through his
dedication, character, leadership and involvement in
the community. He was an
inspiration to all who knew
him.
Port Angeles has lost a
committed, talented
resource as well as a
friend. We will miss his
entertaining stories,
boundless energy, and
enthusiasm for life.
A memorial service will
be held Monday, February
21, 2011, at 11 a.m. at St.
Andrew’s Episcopal
Church, 510 East Park
Avenue in Port Angeles.
In lieu of flowers,
memorial contributions
may be made to: Port
Angeles Fine Arts Center,
1203 East Lauridsen Boulevard, Port Angeles, WA
98362; St. Andrew’s Place,
520 East Park Avenue,
Port Angeles, WA 98362;
or St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church, 510 E. Park Ave.,
Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Funeral arrangements
are under the direction of
Drennan & Ford Funeral
Home. To sign the family
guest book, please visit
www.drennanford.com.

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PeninsulaNorthwest

Friday, February 18, 2011

Peninsula Daily News

Briefly . . .
UFO ‘truth
event’ set at
Fort Worden
PORT TOWNSEND —
Four UFO experts are coming to Fort Worden State
Park for a “truth event”
Saturday, Feb. 26.
It is one of three gatherings this year to address
topics of interest to people
in the Truth Movement,
which generally questions
the government spin on
everything from UFOs to
life on Mars to WikiLeaks.
The gathering will be at
the USO Building from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Peter Davenport, director of the National UFO
Reporting Center, will discuss “Are We Alone in the
Galaxy?”
Nicholas Redfern, an
author, journalist and lecturer, will present “Final
Events and the Secret Government Group on
Demonic UFOs and the
Afterlife.”
James Clarkson, state
director for Mutual UFO
Network, will discuss UFO
reporting in Washington
and a UFO crash in the
state in 1970s.
Kewaunee Lapseritis
will talk about psychic Sasquatch people and their
UFO connections.
Tickets are $40 and
available through www.
truthevent.com.

Marc Lawrence at marc
andjulie@wavecable.com.

Free dinner slated

Valentine’s Day

royalty

Discovery Memory Care Valentine’s Day Queen Gloria Dinsmore
and King Mel Hehr preside over festivities at the center in
Sequim. Residents enjoyed heart-shaped cookies and cupcakes,
played a Valentine-themed matching game and handed out
Valentine cards. Discovery offers residential care, specializing in
supporting those with memory care needs such as Alzheimer’s
disease.

Rotary auction set

7 p.m., and the live auction
will follow at 8 p.m.
SEQUIM — Sequim
Tickets are $50 per perSunrise Rotary will hold its
son.
ninth annual auction at
The dinner will be
SunLand Golf and Country
catered
by Marrowstone
Club, 109 Hilltop Drive, on
Island’s Mystery Bay SeaFriday, March 18.
food Catering.
This year’s theme is
Tickets are available at
“Auction at the Hop!”
A happy hour and silent www.sequimsunriserotary.
org.
auction will begin at
More than $30,000 in
5:30 p.m., dinner will be at

items have been collected
and are available to bid on
at http://tinyurl.
com/4vfnlo2.
The encouraged attire
for the event includes poodle skirts, letterman’s jackets, denim and white
T-shirts.
For more information,
phone Amanda Bacon at
360-670-9280 or e-mail

SEQUIM — A free community dinner will be
served at Trinity United
Methodist Church, 100 S.
Blake Ave., at 5 p.m.
Thursday.
The dinner will feature
turkey a la king with rice
and a choice of toppings
from nuts, raisins, green
onions, coconut, chutney
and dried cranberries.
Peas, salad, dessert and
beverages also will be
served.
Reservations are
requested and may be
made by phoning the
church at 360-683-5367
between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday or
Wednesday or e-mail to
dinners@sequimtumc.org.
The church is providing
dinner the last Thursday of
each month.
Homework help will be
available.

Land trust praised
PORT ANGELES — A
new book cites the North
Olympic Land Trust’s work
in helping conserve lands
that are historically and
culturally important to
tribes on the North Olympic Peninsula.
The nonprofit organization’s assistance in helping
the Jamestown S’Klallam
tribe restore the Jimmy
Come Lately estuary is
described in one of 14 case

Constance Genevieve
Holm Westlake died in her
Port Angeles home of agerelated causes at 98.
Her obituary will be published later.
Services: Saturday, Feb.
26, 1 p.m., memorial in
First Presbyterian Church,
139 W. Eighth St., Port
Angeles. The Rev. Ted Mattie will officiate.
Sequim Valley Funeral
Chapel is in charge of
arrangements.

Cora Belle Alexander
Tonkin was born on January 21, 1917, to parents
Justus A. Crooker and
Hattie M. Crooker in
Ontonagon, Michigan.
She graduated from
Ontonagon High School
in 1934.
She married Floyd
Alexander in 1935, and
had two children, Max
Alexander and Alice
Joan Alexander Bittner.
They owned and
worked in a residential
grocery store for 25
years.
They moved to Alaska
in 1971, to be near her
daughter, Joan, and
manage a camper park
in Anchorage for several
years. They spent the
winters in Lake Elsinore,
Calif.
Belle and her husband, Floyd, moved to
Sequim in 1978 to be
near their daughter,
Joan.
Belle’s husband,
Floyd, died in 1981.
She remarried in
1983 to William Hannah.
He died of injuries from a
car accident eight
months later.
Belle married Kenneth
“Bud” Tonkin of Sequim
and enjoyed 26 years
together before he
passed away on December 27, 2009, leaving two
stepchildren, LeRay
Johnson of Maple Valley,
Washington, and LaNell
Schipper of Auburn,
Washington.
Belle and Bud
enjoyed traveling and
visited Spain, Germany
and several trips by
cruise ship to Alaska,
Panama Canal and Mexico, and several rail trips
on Amtrak.

Death and Memorial Notice
SAM GAYDESKI
November 29, 1960
February 14, 2011
Sam Gaydeski, 50, lost
his life February 14, 2011,
from a heavy-equipment
work-related accident.
He was born November 29, 1960, to Darrel
and Jerry Lou Gaydeski in
Port Angeles.
A lifelong Forks resident, Sam graduated from
Forks High School in
1979, and immediately
began his work career
which included many
years driving fuel truck for
Wes’ Wholesale & Distributing, owning and operating Sappho Junction (Sappho Sam’s) and nearly five
years with DNR up until
the time of his death — a
job that gave him the
opportunity to do something he really loved, operating heavy equipment.
Sam married Deborah
Reneé Hurn August 29,
1987. Together they were
blessed with three children: Marin Rachelle (20),
Mason D. Gudger (18) and
Morgan Reneé (15).
When work didn’t hold
him back, Sam loved to
attend his children’s many
sporting events and
school activities.

Mr. Gaydeski
Much like his dad, Sam
had a passion for photography, going as far as having a darkroom in his
youth. He loved to chronicle his family’s life. Sam
was typically found behind
a camera, rarely in front.
His children have fond
memories of Sunday
drives, learning area history and their dad’s own
childhood memories.
Summers were spent
at Lake Pleasant with family and friends during
which he spent many
hours pulling kids on
tubes and entertaining
them with his own shenanigans on a tube.
He looked forward to

swap meet road trips or
just hitting garage sales,
always looking to score a
deal on “treasures.”
Sam loved to share
these adventures with his
friends and neighbors over
morning coffee with the
Beaver coffee crowd, as
he did for many years.
He was a member of
Forks Lions Club and
Forks Elks Lodge, his family belongs to Prince of
Peace Lutheran Church,
and Sam had served as a
volunteer fireman for the
Forks Fire Department.
One project that held
special meaning for him
was the Forks Lions
Club’s annual delivery of a
30-plus foot Christmas
tree to Evergreen Hospice
of Kirkland for their “Light
Up a Life” ceremony. He
made this trip nearly every
year and worked as project coordinator for the
past several years.
Sam is survived by his
wife, Deborah; daughters,
Marin and Morgan; and
son, Mason; mother, Jerry
Lou Gaydeski (father, Darrel, preceded him in
death); parents-in-law,
Dean and Elaine Hurn;
brother and sister-in-law,
Joe and Joyce Gaydeski;
sister and brother-in-law,

Remembering a Lifetime
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news.com under “Obituary Forms.”
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biographical or family information or
photo is included.
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“Obituary Forms.” For further information, call 360-417-3528.

Darla and Scott DePew;
sister-in-law, De Ann Horton (husband, Tod, preceded him in death);
brother-in-law and wife,
Ron and Traci Hurn; brothers-in-law, Robert Hurn
and Rick Hurn; and
numerous nieces and
nephews.
He was a wonderful
mix of humorous contradiction; quiet but outgoing,
frugal but generous to his
friends.
He loved to collect old
things but always had the
most up-to-date technology when it came to cell
phones or cameras.
Most of all, Sam collected friends. With that
signature grin, he touched
the lives of a wide circle of
friends and his extensive
family who love him and
will miss him dearly.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Forks
Lions Club c/o P.O. Box
126, Beaver, WA 98305,
or a charity near to your
heart.
A celebration of life will
be held Saturday, February 19, 2011, at The
Round House, 110 Business Park, Forks, 2 p.m.
Please visit www.
drennanford.com and sign
the online guest book.

Mrs. Tonkin
Belle resided at Sherwood Assisted Living
until her death January
14, 2011, of age-related
causes.
She is survived by her
children: son Max Alexander and wife, Kathy, of
Jackson, Michigan;
daughter Alice Joan
Bittner and husband,
Paul, of Anchorage,
Alaska; grandchildren,
Floyd A. Alexander and
wife, Mary Ann, of Bonifay, Florida, Tim Bittner
and wife, Sonja Frick
Bittner, of Sequim, Mike
Bittner and wife, Ellen, of
Ventura, California, and
Charles “Chuck” Alexander and wife, Jessica, of
Grass Lake, Michigan.
Belle was also survived by great-grandchildren Chad, Arielle and
Nick of Bonifay, Will and
Noelle of Sequim, Sam
and Deanna of Ventura,
and Isaac and Carter of
Grass Lake.
A memorial service
will be held on Saturday,
February 19, 2011, at 1
p.m. at Sequim Valley
Funeral Chapel, 108 W.
Alder St., Sequim.
In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made
to your favorite charity or
to Boy Scout Troop 1492,
43 Jersey Lane, Sequim,
WA 98382, Attn: Tim
Bittner.

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histories presented in Trust
in the Land: New Directions in Tribal Conservation by Beth Rose Middleton.
Commenting last week
on the book, land trust
Director Greg Good said
the land trust works with
all area tribes as well as
other groups, businesses
and individuals.
“The tribes have an outstanding heritage of living
in harmony with the environment,” Good said. “They
provide valuable expertise
as well as inspiration.”
Middleton contacted
Good while she was writing
Trust in the Land after
learning about the land
conservation efforts of the
North Olympic Land Trust
in partnership with several
of the Peninsula’s tribes.
The book’s author
describes the kinds of conservation tools land trusts
use as important for environmental justice and
human rights as well as
land protection.
It is published by University of Arizona Press
and is scheduled for release
March 24.
It will retail for $35.
More information about
the book is available at
www.uapress.arizona.edu
and www.facebook.com/
AZpress.
For more information
about the North Olympic
Land Trust, visit www.nolt.
org or phone 360-417-1815.
Peninsula Daily News

DEAR ABBY: I am a very conservative woman. I don’t drink,
dance, wear makeup or pants.
I enjoy the company of friends
despite our differences and thought
they enjoyed mine.
On our most recent outing, however, they mocked my religious jewelry, commented on my “lack of fashion” and made me feel guilty for not
wanting to stay out late.
Despite this, they are great
friends and would help me at the
drop of a hat.
I don’t bring up their being overweight or that I think some of the
clothes they wear are ugly. I don’t
criticize them for sleeping around.
I wish they would accept me for
who I am.
I am considering not going out
with them the next time they ask,
but I don’t really want it to come to
that.
Any suggestions?
Just an
Old-Fashioned Girl

For Better or For Worse

Pickles

Dear Old-Fashioned: Just this:
It’s time for you to start cultivating
relationships with people whose values are more like your own.
The friends you have described
may be lovely, but their comments
were out of line, and folks are known
by the company they keep.
If you spend a lot of time with the
women you have described, people
will begin to make assumptions
about you.

Frank & Ernest

Dear Abby: Two of my children,
ages 28 and 30 and college-educated, have what they call “billpaying anxiety.”
It doesn’t matter if they have the
money or not, they find it difficult to
pay their bills.
They have both lost their licenses
for not paying traffic tickets, but that
hasn’t taught either one of them a
lesson.
Any advice on how to help them?
Anxious Mom
in Washington

Garfield

Dear Mom: How long have those
two been out from under your roof?
Did you pay all their expenses
until recently?
Your “children” aren’t children
anymore. They have reached an age
when they must now learn from
their mistakes. When they’re ready

Momma

DEAR ABBY
to assume responsibility for their
Van Buren actions, they’ll do
what other adults
who are in this
kind of hot water
do:
They will seek
financial or psychological counseling and recognize
that acting like
ostriches will not
fix their problems,
and neither will Mama.

Abigail

Dear Abby: My 24-year-old
daughter, “Evy,” is falling to the
rocky bottom. She has taken advantage of everyone in our family. She
thinks she’s the victim instead of
realizing she is the problem.
She’s planning to marry “Dave,” a
man she has known for only six
months. She refuses to consider his
past criminal record of domestic
abuse. Abby, this man has several
children, one of whom he does not
acknowledge.
Am I wrong to be involved in this
wedding? I feel it would be a mistake
to be “supportive” when I’m totally
against it.
Dave has pushed her already, and
I know what lies ahead for her if she
goes through with this marriage.
Also, her behavior has changed
drastically since she has been
involved with him.
To Be or Not to Be . . .
the Mother of the Bride
Dear T.B. or N.T.B.: You will
always be your daughter’s mother,
but you don’t have to bless this marriage with your presence.
Some people have to learn their
lessons the hard way, and your
daughter appears to be one of them.
She needs to understand that
while you do not approve of Dave,
you love her. Keep the lines of communication open because she is
going to need you in the future.

__________

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Letters can be mailed to Dear Abby, P.O. Box
69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069 or via e-mail
by logging onto www.dearabby.com.

The Last Word in Astrology
By Eugenia Last

ARIES (March 21-April
19): Tie up loose ends at
work or apply for a position
that will bring you greater
stability. Don’t let what other
people do or say bother you.
You’ll be overly sensitive and
must avoid overreacting. 3
stars
TAURUS (April 20-May
20): Give and take, sharing
ideas and expanding your
knowledge with like-minded
people will help you realize
the possibilities within reach.
A gentle nudge will grab the
attention of someone who
interests you. 5 stars

Rose is Rose

GEMINI (May 21-June
20): Put in a solid day of
work and you will reap the
rewards. Advancement is
likely to be offered in an
unusual setting or while
socializing with colleagues.
Poor health or a mishap will
occur if you overdo it physically. 2 stars

Elderberries

CANCER (June 21-July
22): Look forward and forget
about the things you cannot
change. Experiment with different lifestyles or ways of
doing things. Finding where
and how you fit in best will
bring beneficial results. 4
stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Don’t let confusion cause

Dennis the Menace

C9

Doonesbury

you to miss out on a financial deal. You stand to lose if
you aren’t upfront about
what you intend to do. Any
emotional deception around
money, contracts, settlements or legal matters will
create a problem. 3 stars
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22): Spend more time with
the people you love or
socialize in order to find
someone you want to get to
know better. Love and
romance are evident but, if
you don’t make a move, you
aren’t likely to enjoy the
moment. 3 stars
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
22): Too much dwelling on
the past or worrying about
what hasn’t been working
for you is a waste of time.
Engage in hobbies or interests you find inspiring or
that will boost your confidence and help you develop
a positive attitude. 3 stars
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21): Don’t let anyone play
emotional mind games with
you. Deception is apparent
and must be dealt with
quickly. Change may be
required if you want to pursue new goals. 4 stars
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. 21): The more
involved you become in
something that interests
you, the easier it will be to

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incorporate change into your
personal and professional
life. Friends, neighbors and
relatives can contribute with
advice. 5 stars
CAPRICORN (Dec.
22-Jan. 19): Keep a close
watch on your belongings,
assets, contracts or pending
settlements or legal matters.
Someone is likely to use
emotional tactics to get
something from you. Refrain
from making a move or
divulging your thoughts if
you feel uncertain or uncomfortable with a situation. 3
stars
AQUARIUS (Jan.
20-Feb. 18): Take care of
your health and well-being.
Taking on too much responsibility can have negative
results. Keeping a low profile
will help you regain stability
in your life and help you
choose a better course of
action in the future. 3 stars
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20): Your changing plans
and chameleon-like attitude
will send mixed messages,
personally and professionally. Pick a direction or a
plan that is yours, not someone else’s, and stick to it or
you may disappoint someone you care about. 3 stars

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Peninsula Five-Day Forecast
Today

TonighT

SaTurday

Sunday

Yesterday

Monday

TueSday

High 40

Low 28

41/25

43/31

43/33

43/30

Rather cloudy
with a rain or
snow shower.

Cold with patchy
clouds.

Partly sunny.

Cloudy, rain
possible in the
afternoon.

Periods of
clouds and
sunshine.

Mostly cloudy
and chilly.

The Peninsula
Chilly temperatures can be expected again today. There will be a few
rain and snow showers scattered across the Peninsula. A few places
will have a coating to an inch, but most places will not have any
snow accumulation. Some sunshine will be mixed with the
Neah Bay
Port
clouds today. Skies will turn clear tonight. It will be quite
42/32
Townsend cold with temperatures well below freezing. Any wet spots
Port Angeles
42/30
on areas roadways could turn icy. More sunshine than
40/28
clouds will be the rule Saturday. Temperatures will conSequim
tinue to be cold. More rain will fall late Sunday.

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Notes

PRENATAL YOGA
Feel a sense of support and community with other pregnant women as
you increase flexibility, strength, circulation and balance. A regular
yoga practice can
help to reduce
swelling, insomnia,
back and leg pain
commonly associated with pregnancy. The class is
safe for all three
trimesters.
8-week class for
expecting moms
begins
Sunday,
March 13.
For more information or to register,
please e-mail Jennifer Veneklasen at
jennven@hotmail.c
om or phone 360775-8746.
Space is limited.
The public is invited to
an
Environmental
Hearing and Open
House
on
the
Kitchen-Dick
Rd.
Widening
Project
Thursday, March 17
from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
at Greywolf Elementary School.

FOUND: Key. One
single key, possibly
for gas tank, on road,
1100 block E. 3rd St.
P.A. 417-5576.
LOST: Cat. Black
Himalayan, 16 lbs,
red tint to end of fur,
Monroe and East
Arnette, Rd., last
lived at Peabody and
9th, P.A. 775-5264.
LOST: Cat. Blind, Calico, Livengood Ln.,
Sequim. 477-2272.
LOST: Cat. Small
black and white
female with half a
kinked tail from River
Rd. area in Sequim.
460-6904

DIETARY SERVICES
AND CNA
Park View Villas is hiring all positions in
dietary services and
has a CNA position
available. Full and
part-time positions
available. Stop by in
person to pick up an
application. 8th and
G St. in Port Angeles. No phone calls
please.
K-12 Principal Clallam Bay School
Salary DOE Open
until filled with first
review on March
14, 2011. Information available at
www.capeflattery.w
ednet.edu or by
contacting Evelyn
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PARCEL NO. 03-30-20-500124 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE I. NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will on February 25,
2011, at the hour of 10 A.M. inside the main lobby at the county courthouse at 223 East 4th Street in the city of Port Angeles, state of Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at
the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the
County of Clallam, State of Washington, to-wit: N30' LT4 B'A' PLAT
SEQUIM. Commonly known as: 128 N. Sequim Ave, Sequim, WA 98382
which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated April 15, 2004, recorded April 19, 2004, under Auditor’s File No. 20041131654, records of Clallam County, Washington, from Jerry E. Ferguson and Deborah L. Ferguson, as Grantor, to Olympic Peninsula Title Company, as Trustee, to
secure an obligation in favor of 2010-1 CRE Venture, LLC as Successor
Beneficiary to the beneficial interest of the FDIC as receiver for Westsound Bank. The Gaitán Group, PLLC was appointed Successor Trustee,
by reason of that certain document recorded under Clallam County Auditor’s File No. 20101252196. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary
or Successor Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or
Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III. The
default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows. Failure to
pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears:
$23,315.38 (together with any subsequent payments, late charges,
advances, costs and fees thereafter due). IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $137,542.59 together
with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured on April
15, 2004, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or
other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V. The abovedescribed real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the
obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale
will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on February 25, 2011. The default(s) referred to in
paragraph III must be cured by February 14, 2011 (11 days before the
sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before February 14, 2011 (11
days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are
cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after February 14, 2011 (11 days before the sale date), and
before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor, or the holder of
any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and
interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if
any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust,
and curing all other defaults. VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: Jerry E. Ferguson and Deborah L. Ferguson, 382 Twin
View Drive, Sequim, WA 98382 by both first-class and certified mail on
June 24, 2010, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the
Borrower and Grantor were personally served on June 26, 2010, with said
written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted in a
conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above,
and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII.
The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in
writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at
any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the
Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all
their interest in the above-described property. IX. Anyone having any
objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an
opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to
restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the
Trustee’s sale. Date January 26, 2011. The Gaitán Group, PLLC 3131
Elliott Ave Suite 700 Seattle, WA 98121
Pub: Feb. 1, 18, 2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF
WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. Loan No: 0602491398 APN:
06-30-00-032200 TS No: WA-223879-F I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that LSI Title Agency, Inc., the undersigned Trustee will on 2/25/2011, at
10:00 AM at The main entrance to the Clallam County Courthouse, 223
East 4th St., Port Angeles, Washington sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier's check or
certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of
sale the following described real property, situated in the County of Clallam, State of Washington, to-wit: THE NORTH 90 FEET OF LOTS 1 & 2,
IN BLOCK 322, OF THE TOWNSITE OF PORT ANGELES, CLALLAM
COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF CLALLAM,
STATE OF WASHINGTON Commonly known as: 604 WEST 10TH
STREET PORT ANGELES, WA 98362 which is subject to that certain
Deed of Trust dated 10/26/2009, recorded 10/30/2009, under Auditor's
File No. 2009-1244755, in Book , Page records of Clallam County, Washington, from LESLIE K. ANDERSON, AS HER SEPERATE ESTATE, as
Grantor(s), to LAND TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure
an obligation in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR GOLF SAVINGS BANK, as
Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned by MORTGAGE
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE
FOR GOLF SAVINGS BANK to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC
MORTGAGE CORPORATION. II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower's or Grantor's default on the
obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for
which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due
the following amounts which are now in arrears: PAYMENT INFORMATION FROM 6/1/2010 THRU 9/30/2010 NO.PMT 4 AMOUNT $1,035.29
TOTAL $4,141.16 FROM 10/1/2010 THRU 11/17/2010 NO.PMT 2
AMOUNT $1,030.12 TOTAL $2,060.24 LATE CHARGE INFORMATION
FROM 6/1/2010 THRU 9/30/2010 NO. LATE CHARGES 4 TOTAL $165.64
FROM 10/1/2010 THRU 11/17/2010 NO. LATE CHARGES 2 TOTAL
$82.40 PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note Dated: 10/26/2009
Note Amount: $159,055.00 Interest Paid To: 5/1/2010 Next Due Date:
6/1/2010 IV. The amount to cure defaulted payments as of the date of this
notice is $9,884.68. Payments and late charges may continue to accrue
and additional advances to your loan may be made, it is necessary to
contact the beneficiary prior to the time you tender the reinstatement
amount so that you may be advised of the exact amount you would be
required to pay. As of the dated date of this document the required
amount to payoff the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is:
$165,340.89 (note: due to interest, late charges and other charges that
may vary after the date of this notice, the amount due for actual loan payoff may be greater). The principal sum of $157,786.44, together with interest as provided in the Note from the 6/1/2010, and such other costs and
fees as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will
be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the
Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances
on 2/25/2011. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by
2/14/2011, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of
the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time
before 2/14/2011 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee's fees and costs are paid. Payment
must be in cash or with cashier's or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the
2/14/2011 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance
by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any,
made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A
written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to
the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME LESLIE K.
ANDERSON, AS HER SEPERATE ESTATE ADDRESS 604 WEST 10TH
STREET PORT ANGELES, WA 98362 LESLIE ANDERSON 604 WEST
10TH ST PORT ANGELES, WA 98362 by both first class and certified mail
on 10/12/2010, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the
Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said
written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a
conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above,
and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII.
The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in
writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at
any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the
Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all
their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any
objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an
opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to
restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the
Trustee's sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser at the Trustee's Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the
20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust
(the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust,
including occupants and tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the
purchaser has the right to evict occupants and tenants by summary proceedings under the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12 RCW. THIS IS
AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DATED: 11/17/2010
LSI Title Agency, Inc. 13920 SE Eastgate Way, Ste. 115 Bellevue, WA
98005 Sale Line:: 714-730-2727 Marina Marin Authorized Signatory
ASAP# 3820463 01/28/2011, 02/18/2011
Pub.: Jan. 28, Feb. 18, 2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE Pursuant to R. C. W. Chapter 61.24, et seq.
and 62A.9A -604(a) (2) et seq. Trustee's Sale No: 01-FMB-103188
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, REGIONAL
TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION, will on March 4, 2011, at the hour
of 10:00 AM, at THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CLALLAM COUNTY
COURTHOUSE, 223 EAST FOURTH STREET, PORT ANGELES, WA, sell
at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of
sale, the following described real and personal property (hereafter
referred to collectively as the "Property"), situated in the County of CLALLAM, State of Washington: LOT 85, SUNLAND DIVISION 8, ACCORDING
TO PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 7 OF PLATS, PAGE 64 TO
68 INCLUSIVE, RECORDS OF CLALLAM COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF CLALLAM, STATE OF WASHINGTON. Tax
Parcel No: 03-30-08-560166, commonly known as 167 HURRICANE
RIDGE DRIVE, SEQUIM, WA. The Property is subject to that certain Deed
of Trust dated 6/3/2008, recorded 6/10/2008 , under Auditor's/Recorder's
No. 2008-1222305, records of CLALLAM County, Washington, from
WILLIAM H. HUDSON AND LAURA K. HUDSON HUSBAND AND WIFE,
as Grantor, to PACIFIC NORTHWEST TITLE INSURANCE CO., INC., as
Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B., A FEDERALLY
CHARTERED SAVINGS BANK, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in
which is presently held by ONEWEST BANK, FSB. No action commenced
by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower's or Grantor's
default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. Ill The default(s)
for which this foreclosure is/are made are as follows: FAILURE TO PAY
THE MONTHLY PAYMENT WHICH BECAME DUE ON 41112010, AND
ALL SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY PAYMENTS, PLUS LATE CHARGES AND
OTHER COSTS AND FEES AS SET FORTH. Failure to pay when due the
following amounts which are now in arrears: Amount due as of December
3, 2010 Delinquent Payments from April 01, 2010 7 payments at $
1,138.69 each $7,970.83 2 payments at $ 1,618.65 each $3,237.30 (0401-10 through 12-03-10) Late Charges: $455.44 Beneficiary Advances:
$66.00 Suspense Credit: $0.00 TOTAL: $11,729.57 IV The sum owing on
the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $295,443.05,
together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured,
and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V The above described
real property will be sold to satisfy the expenses of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be
made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or
encumbrances on March 4, 2011. The default(s) referred to in paragraph
III must be cured by February 21, 2011 (11 days before the sale date) to
cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before February 21, 2011, (11 days before the
sale date) the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the
Trustee's fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated at any time
after February 21, 2011, (11 days before the sale date) and before the
sale, by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest
secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any,
made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and
curing all other defaults. VI A written Notice of Default was transmitted by
the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following
addresses: LAURA K. HUDSON, 167 HURRICANE RIDGE DRIVE,
SEQUIM, WA, 98382 WILLIAM H. HUDSON, 167 HURRICANE RIDGE
DRIVE, SEQUIM, WA, 98382 by both first class and certified mail on
10/25/2010, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on
10/25/2010, the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said
written notice of default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a
conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above,
and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII
The Trustee's Sale will be held in accordance with Ch. 61.24 RCW and
anyone wishing to bid at the sale will be required to have in his/her possession at the time the bidding commences, cash, cashier's check, or
certified check in the amount of at least one dollar over the Beneficiary's
opening bid. In addition, the successful bidder will be required to pay the
full amount of his/her bid in cash, cashier's check, or certified check within one hour of the making of the bid. The Trustee whose name and
address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it,
a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII The
effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by,
through or under the Grantor of all of their interest in the above described
property. IX Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds
whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same pursuant to ROW
61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any
proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee's Sale. X NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the Trustee's Sale is entitled to
possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against
the Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an
interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to
evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceeding under
Chapter 59.12 ROW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall
provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with section 2 of this
act. DATED: 11/30/2010 Effective Date: REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES
CORPORATION Trustee By KAREN JAMES, AUTHORIZED AGENT
Address: 616 1st Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 3402550 Sale Information: www.rtrustee.com ASAP# 3833698 01/28/2011,
02/18/2011
Pub.: Jan. 28, Feb. 18, 2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF
WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. Loan No: 0021547948 APN:
04-30-25-523300 TS No: 10-10365-6. I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
on February 25, 2011, 10:00 AM, the main entrance to the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 East 4th St., Port Angeles, WA., Fidelity National Title
Insurance Company, the undersigned Trustee will sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashiers'
check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the
time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County
of Clallam, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 33, LOMA VISTA, ACCORDING TO PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 8 OF PLATS, PAGE 1,
RECORDS OF CLALLAM COUNTY, WASHINGTON SITUATE IN THE
COUNTY OF CLALLAM, STATE OF WASHINGTON which is subject to
that certain Deed of Trust dated May 11, 2006, recorded on May 12,
2006, as Instrument No. 2006-1180182 of Official Records in the office of
the Recorder of Clallam County, WA from TODD TJERNELL, A SINGLE
MAN AND CYNTHIA M. MURRAY, A SINGLE WOMAN as Grantor(s) ,to
FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure
an obligation in favor of OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, A
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, as Beneficiary . More commonly known as
31 BURNT MOUNTAIN PL, SEQUIM, WA II. No action commenced by the
Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the
obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrowers' or Grantor's default
on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The
default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to
pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: PAYMENT
INFORMATION From 06/01/2010 To 02/25/2011 Number of Payments 9
Monthly payment $1,524.49 Total $13,720.41 LATE CHARGE INFORMATION From 06/01/2010 To 02/25/2011 Number of Payments 9 Monthly
payment $79.76 Total $717.84 PROMISSORY NOTE INFORMATION Note
Dated: May 11, 2006 Note Amount: $215,000.00 Interest Paid To: May
1,2010 Next Due Date: June 1,2010 IV. The sum owing on the obligation
secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $236,810.72,
together with interest as provided in the Note from the May 1, 2010, and
such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. V. The above
described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the
obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale
will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on February 25, 2011. The defaults referred to
in Paragraph III must be cured by February 14, 2011, (11 days before the
sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before February 14, 2011 (11 days
before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the
Trustee's fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with
cashier's or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The
sale may be terminated any time after the February 14, 2011 (11 days
before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or
the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant
to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust. VI. A written Notice of
Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and
Grantor at the following address(es): 31 BURNT MOUNTAIN PL SEQUIM,
WA 98382 2068 TAYLOR CUTOFF RD SEQUIM, WA 98382-8294 31
BURNT MOUNTAIN PL SEQUIM, WA 98382-3609 144 W PRAIRIE ST
SEQUIM, WA 98382-3783 by both first class and certified mail on September 30, 2010, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and
the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said
written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a
conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above,
and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII.
The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in
writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at
any time prior to the sale. VIII The effect of the sale will be to deprive the
Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all
their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any
objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an
opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to
restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the
Trustee's sale. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS - The purchaser
at the Trustee's Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th
day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the
owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale
the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by
summary proceedings under the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12
RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant
with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060; SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.fidelityasap.com/ AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-259-7850 DATED:
11/18/2010 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY 17592 E
17th Street, Suite 300 Tustin, CA 92780 Phone No.: 714-508-5100 Lisa
Rohrbacker, Authorized Signature ASAP# 3822245 01/28/2011,
02/18/2011
Pub.: Jan. 28, Feb. 18, 2011
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE Pursuant to R. C. W. Chapter 61.24, et seq.
and 62A.9A-604(a)(2) et seq. Trustees Sale No: 01-FHF-103152 NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee, REGIONAL TRUSTEE
SERVICES CORPORATION, will on March 4, 2011, at the hour of 10:00
AM, at THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CLALLAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 223 EAST FOURTH STREET, PORT ANGELES, WA, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the
following described real and personal property (hereafter referred to collectively as the "Property"), situated in the County of CLALLAM, State of
Washington: LOT 1, CAREFREE, AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN
VOLUME 9 OF PLATS, PAGE 66, RECORDS OF CLALLAM COUNTY,
WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN CLALLAM COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON. Tax Parcel No: 13-28-02-500100, commonly known as 222 ELK
LOOP DRIVE FORKS, WA. The Property is subject to that certain Deed of
Trust dated 3/25/2005, recorded 3/30/2005 , under Auditor's/Recorder's
No. 2005 1153424, records of CLALLAM County, Washington, from
ALLEN P. DEPLAZES AND ANNETTE M. DEPLAZES, HUSBAND AND
WIFE, as Grantor, to CLALLAM TITLE COMPANY, as Trustee, in favor of
BENEFICIAL WASHINGTON INC., as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in
which is presently held by BENEFICIAL FINANCIAL I INC. SUCCESSOR
BY MERGER TO BENEFICIAL WASHINGTON INC.. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek
satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower's or
Grantor's default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust. III The
default(s) for which this foreclosure is/are made are as follows: FAILURE
TO PAY THE MONTHLY PAYMENT WHICH BECAME DUE ON
313012009, ANDALL SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY PAYMENTS, PLUS LATE
CHARGES AND OTHERCOSTS AND FEES AS SET FORTH.Failure to pay
when due the following amounts which are now in arrears:Amount due as
ofDecember 3, 2010Delinquent Payments from March 30, 20097 payments at $ 1,308.37 each $ 9,158.598 payments at $ 1,092.40 each $
8,739.206 payments at $ 1,199.24 each $ 7,195.44(03-30-09 through 1203-10)Late Charges: $ 0.00Beneficiary Advances: $ 225.00Suspense
Credit: $ 0.00TOTAL: $ 25,318.23IVThe sum owing on the obligation
secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $142,897.98, together with
interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured, and such
other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument
secured, and as are provided by statute.VThe above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expenses of sale and the obligation secured
by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on March 4, 2011. The default(s) referred to in paragraph Ill must
be cured by February 21, 2011 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a
discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated
if at any time on or before February 21, 2011, (11 days before the sale
date) the default(s) as set forth in paragraph Ill is/are cured and the
Trustee's fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated at any time
after February 21, 2011, (11 days before the sale date) and before the
sale, by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest
secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any,
made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and
curing all other defaults.VIA written Notice of Default was transmitted by
the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following
addresses:ALLEN P. DEPLAZES, 222 ELK LOOP DRIVE, FORKS, WA,
98331ALLEN P. DEPLAZES, 10331 CENTRAL VALLEY ROAD NORTHWEST, POULSBO, WA, 98370ALLEN P. DEPLAZES, P.O. BOX 2386,
FORKS, WA, 98331ANNETTE M. DEPLAZES, P.O. BOX 2386, FORKS,
WA, 98331ANNETTE M. DEPLAZES, 10331 CENTRAL VALLEY ROAD
NW, POULSBO, WA, 98370 ANNETTE M. DEPLAZES, 222 ELK LOOP
DRIVE, FORKS, WA, 98331by both first class and certified mail on
10/21/2010, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and on
10/21/2010, the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said
written notice of default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a
conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above,
and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting.VIIThe
Trustees Sale will be held in accordance with Ch. 61.24 RCW and anyone
wishing to bid at the sale will be required to have in his/her possession at
the time the bidding commences, cash, cashier's check, or certified
check in the amount of at least one dollar over the Beneficiary's opening
bid. In addition, the successful bidder will be required to pay the full
amount of his/her bid in cash, cashier's check, or certified check within
one hour of the making of the bid. The Trustee whose name and address
are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.VIIIThe effect
of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by,
through or under the Grantor of all of their interest in the above described
property.IXAnyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections
if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same pursuant to RCW61.24.130.
Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper
grounds for invalidating the Trustee's Sale.XNOTICE TO OCCUPANTS
OR TENANTSThe purchaser at the Trustee's Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the
Grantor under the Deed of Trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants who are not tenants.
After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict
occupants who are not tenants by summary proceeding under Chapter
59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a
tenant with written notice in accordance with section 2 of this act.DATED:
11/30/2010 Effective Date: REGIONAL TRUSTEE SERVICES CORPORATION Trustee By KAREN JAMES, AUTHORIZED AGENT Address: 616 1st
Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: (206) 340-2550 Sale Information: www.rtrustee.com ASAP# 3834457 01/28/2011, 02/18/2011
Pub.: Jan. 28, Feb. 18, 2011

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I.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will, on February 25, 2011 at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the Clallam County Courthouse,
main entrance, 223 E. 4th Street, Port Angeles, State of Washington, sell
at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of
sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Clallam, State of Washington, to-wit:
Lot 1 of JOHNSON SHORT PLAT recorded January 30, 2008 in Volume
33 of Short Plats, page 20, under Auditor's File No. 2008 1215432, being
a Short Plat of Parcel 8 of Survey recorded in Volume 20 of Surveys, page
31, a portion of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 16, Township 30 North, Range 4 West, W.M., Clallam County, Washington.
Including that certain mobile/manufactured home described as a 2009
Karsten K-102 56x28 #29521
Tax Parcel No. 043016 449050,
which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated May 20, 2009, and
recorded on May 22, 2009, under Auditor's File No. 2009-1237396,
records of Clallam County, Washington, by Damon T. Bruneau, a single
person, as his separate estate, as Grantor, to Clallam Title Insurance
Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (solely as nominee for Golf Savings
Bank and its successors and assigns), as Beneficiary. The beneficial
interest of said Deed of Trust was assigned to Golf Savings Bank on July
15, 2010, which assignment was recorded July 22, 2010 under Clallam
County, Washington Auditor's File No. 2010-1254305. The beneficial
interest of said Deed of Trust is now held by Sterling Savings Bank as
successor in interest by merger to Golf Savings Bank. The Blackstone
Corporation was appointed as Successor Trustee on July 22, 2010 by
Beneficiary.
II.
No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now
pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of
the Borrower's or Grantor's default on the obligation secured by the Deed
of Trust.
III.
The default(s) for which this foreclosure is/are made is as follows:
Failure to Pay Monthly Payments as follows:
March 1, 2010
$1,263.48
April 1, 2010
$1,263.48
May 1, 2010
$1,263.48
June 1, 2010
$1,263.48
July 1, 2010
$1,263.48
August 1, 2010
$1,263.48
September 1, 2010 $1,263.48
October 1, 2010
$1,263.48
November 1, 2010
$1,263.48
Escrow payments (March – November)
at $424.43 per month
$3,819.70
Late Charges
$ 543.27
TOTAL MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND
LATE CHARGES:
$15,734.29
Default other than failure to pay monthly payments:
NONE KNOWN
IV.
The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is:
Principal of $220,546.94, with interest as provided in the note or other
instrument secured from May 20, 20009, and such other costs and fees
as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute.
V.
The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of
sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by
statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied,
regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on February 25, 2011 (date
of sale). The default(s) referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by February 14, 2011 (11 days before the sale) to cause a discontinuance of the
sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or
before February 14, 2011 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth
in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee's fees and costs are paid. The
sale may be termi¬nated any time after February 14, 2011 (11 days
before the sale) and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the
entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust plus costs and
fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation
and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults.
VI.
A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee
to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses:
Address
Name
Damon T. Bruneau, 446 Spath Road, Sequim, WA 98382
by both first class and certified mail on July 21, 2010, proof of which is in
the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served on July 22, 2010, with said written Notice of Default or the
written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real
property described in Paragraph I above and the Trustee has possession
of proof of such service or posting.
VII.
The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in
writing, to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at
any time prior to sale.
VIII.
The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold
by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above
described property.
IX.
Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds what¬soever
will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they
bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to
bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for
invalidating the Trustee's sale.
X.
NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS
The purchaser at the trustee's sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the grantor under the
deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed
of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not
tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenantoccupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written
notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.
XI.
NOTICE TO GUARANTORS
a. If you are a guarantor of the obligations secured by the Deeds of Trust,
you may be liable for a deficiency judgment to the extent the sale price
obtained at the Trustee's Sale is less than the debt secured by the Deed
of Trust.
b. You have the same rights to reinstate the debt, cure the default, or
repay the debt as is given to the grantor in order to avoid the Trustee's
Sale.
c. You will have no right to redeem the Property after the Trustee's Sale.
d. Subject to such longer periods as are provided in the Washington deed
of trust act, chapter 61.24 RCW, any action brought against to enforce a
guaranty must be commenced within one year after the Trustee's Sale, or
the last Trustee's Sale under any other deed of trust granted to secure the
same debt.
e. In any action for a deficiency, you will have the right to establish the fair
value of the Property as of the date of the Trustee's Sale, less prior liens
and encumbrances, and to limit your liability for a deficiency to the difference between the debt and the greater of such fair value or the sale price
paid at the Trustee's Sale, plus interest and costs.
DATED this 18th day of November, 2010.
THE BLACKSTONE CORPORATION, Trustee
By Shelley N. Ripley, Vice President
422 W. Riverside, Suite 1100
Spokane, Washington 99201-0390
Telephone: (509) 624-5265
Pub: Jan. 28, Feb. 18, 2011

Jukebox Live! | This week’s new movies

Peninsula

Ray Troll’s ‘Fin Art’

“Fin artist” Ray Troll of Ketchikan, Alaska, brings a slide show of his favorite images
to the Port Angeles Library next week.

sula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wheedleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Groove,â&#x20AC;? and it lights up
PORT ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A
documentary revisitation of the screen at 7 p.m. in
another episode of the Port
Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soul and funk
Townsend Film Festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
music scene of the 1960s
and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s arrives tonight in Movable Fest 2011 series.
In her documentary,
the Little Theater at Penin-

Indian flute, tabla
concert set tonight
By Diane Urbani
de la Paz

young teenager learning
the tabla, a pair of drums
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that originated in India.
Ram inspired the
PORT ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
younger
man to pursue
World-renowned bansuri
music
as
his profession;
flutist Deepak Ram and
today, Albright teaches
Port Angeles-born tabla
and performs full time in
player Ravi Albright will
and around Seattle.
offer a concert tonight at
Tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance
the Sons of Norway
begins at 7 p.m.; admisLodge, 131 W. Fifth St.
sion is $15 or $10 for stuRam, who is from
South Africa, met Albright dents and seniors.
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at Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mount
purchase tickets online,
Madonna Center more
visit www.RaviAlbright.
than a dozen years ago,
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Saved from obscurity
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wheedleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grooveâ&#x20AC;?
would not have seen the
light of day were it not for
Mr. Supreme, a local record
collector and disc jockey
who found a dusty 45-rpm
single, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bold Soul Sister,â&#x20AC;? in
a 99-cent bin at a 2001
Seattle Center record show.
The find propelled
Supreme to the local record
label Light In The Attic
with the idea of releasing a
Seattle soul and funk compilation, and the result was
a CD titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wheedleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Groove.â&#x20AC;?
At the CD release party
in 2004, a long line of baby
boomers and funk-hungry
20-somethings wrapped
around the building, and
the musicians inside, now
janitors and graphic
designers and truck drivers, got ready to perform
together for the first time
in 30 years.
In the film, these play-

Cold, Bold and Together is one of the bands moviegoers will hear tonight
in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wheedleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Groove,â&#x20AC;? a documentary about Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soul and funk
scene in the 1970s.
ers paint a vivid scene of a
cultural explosion in a community that was transformed by the black power
movement. Ironically, only a
young Kenny G, after leaving the primarily black funk
band that gave him his
start, was able to rise to the
level of success that everyone else had dreamed of.
Reminiscing, each former
player identifies a particular
moment or decision that led
away from the music. The
moment for one band was a
misunderstanding-turned
falling-out; for others it was
something else.
Maasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decision to do a
documentary of this particular time in Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical history was driven, she
says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;by the desire to take
at least a small step

toward righting the wrong
that history dealt to this
music scene. There were no
books, no magazines, no
museums and no photo
archives chronicling the
music of this very rich time
in Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black community. It was almost as if the
whole thing had never happened.â&#x20AC;?

across the country, at film
festivals from Port
Townsend to Memphis to
Tacoma, where it received
the audience award last
year.
Michael Simmons of the
Huffington Post was among
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the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s praises. He called
it not only the best documentary of 2010, but also
â&#x20AC;&#x153;a moving cinematic testaDeserved recognition
ment to the pure power of
It is the filmmakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
music.â&#x20AC;?
hope, now, that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wheedleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Admission to the film is
Grooveâ&#x20AC;? will bring recogni- $5, or $1 with a Peninsula
tion to the musicians in
College students with idenSeattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central District in tification.
the 1960s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s, and
For details about the
remind everyone â&#x20AC;&#x153;that
Movable Fest, which wraps
great things are often hidup next Friday, Feb. 25,
den in plain sight.â&#x20AC;?
with a screening of
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grooveâ&#x20AC;? delighted
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obselidia,â&#x20AC;? visit www.
movie and music buffs
pencol.edu.

Peninsula Spotlight, the North Olympic Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
weekly entertainment and arts magazine, welcomes items
about coming events for its news columns and calendars.
Sending information is easy:
â&#x2013; E-mail it to news@peninsuladailynews.com in time to
arrive 10 days before Friday publication.
â&#x2013; Fax it to 360-417-3521 no later than 10 days before
publication.
â&#x2013; Mail it to Peninsula Spotlight, P.O. Box 1330, Port
Angeles, WA 98362 in time to arrive 10 days before publication.
â&#x2013; Hand-deliver it to any of our news offices at 305 W. First
St., Port Angeles; 1939 E. Sims Way, Port Townsend; or 150 S.
Fifth Ave., No. 2, Sequim, by 10 days before publication.
Photos are always welcome. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re e-mailing a photo,
be sure it is at least 150 dots per inch resolution.
Questions? Phone Diane Urbani de la Paz, Peninsula
Spotlight editor, at 360-417-3550 weekdays.

director Jennifer Maas
dives into what was a
thriving Seattle soul music
scene â&#x20AC;&#x201D; until the public
turned its ear from funk to
disco, and Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brand
of soul music slipped into
obscurity.
Through interviews,
original music and lots of
live performances, Maas
brings the soul era of Seattle back to life, with help
from musicians who appear
in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grooveâ&#x20AC;?: Quincy Jones,
Sir Mix-A-Lot, Mark Arm
of Mudhoney, Ben Gibbard
of Death Cab For Cutie,
Soundgardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ben Shepherd, the Fastbacksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kim
Warnick and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Songbirdâ&#x20AC;?
saxophonist Kenny G are
among those who offer
their insights.

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Friday, February 18, 2011

3

Just an old-fashioned love song
Show tells couple’s
story through music
By Diane Urbani
de la Paz

designer, director and Peninsula Daily News account
executive. And while he
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loves to sing, he’s leaving
SEQUIM — It’s a story
that to the men’s chorus,
of lost love, a missed oppor- who practice year-round for
tunity and a jukebox that
this late-winter production.
blooms to life in the form of
The ensemble, which
about 32 men singing
sings as a whole and as
straight from their hearts.
subsets with names like
And how could that
Dungeness Transfer and
have anything other than a HVQ (Happy Valley Quarhappy ending?
tet), performs four-part
This story is about Mar- harmonies a cappella.
maduke, a retired gentleAnd “it is a joy to listen
man who becomes the
to them,” Stephens said.
owner of a “smart jukebox”
In the course of “Jukethat can anticipate the
box Live!” the men range
songs he wants to hear.
from Elvis Presley’s “Can’t
There was this girl, see,
Help Falling in Love” to
Mary Lou, whom he loved
girl-group gems like “Come
back in school. He never
Go with Me” and even into
summoned the nerve to
a little Bing Crosby.
talk to her.
“The songs take us
Fast-forward to today,
through the story,” said
when Marmaduke has
Keith Curtis, a lead singer
ample help from his
friends: the Olympic Penin- and the one who portrays
the delivery guy, an imporsula Men’s Chorus, those
tant role in the jukebox
promoters of sweet harsaga.
mony between boys, girls,
men and women. The sing- Guest performers
ers, who somehow fit inside
Then, in the second half
the jukebox, burst out
of the show, guest groups
when he needs them.
including Aspire, a local
women’s barbershop quarStory in song
tet, and Acme A Cappella
Told in pop, barbershop from Wenatchee, sing.
One of the delicious
and doo-wop, Marmaduke
moments comes when
and Mary Lou’s tale will
Aspire and the men of
unfold Saturday in the
HVQ engage in a little conSequim High School Performing Arts Center, 601 N. versation, said Ian
Sequim Ave. Tickets to the ­McElvie, another lead
singer in the chorus.
performances — matinee
The women will do their
at 2 p.m., evening show at
set, HVQ will follow them,
7:07 p.m. — are $10 in
and then the quartets will
advance and $12 at the
door for general admission, meet for “Baby, It’s Cold
or $12 in advance and $14 Outside,” sung in a backand-forth format.
at the door for reserved
The evening is a showseats.
case of voices and musical
Portraying our hero is
Richard Stephens, the Port styles from all over the
Angeles actor, costume
map, McElvie added.

The Acme A Cappella quartet from Wenatchee, with tenor Doug Randall, left, lead Kevin Pitts,
baritone John Merritt and bass Tom Graham comes to Sequim this Saturday night for “Jukebox
Live!” a show hosted by the Olympic Peninsula Men’s Chorus.
The men come together
from across the North
Olympic Peninsula, to sing
lead, tenor, bass and baritone and to reach for perfect harmony.
Curtis, one of the newer
members of the chorus, had
done folk and madrigal
singing before. But in order
to adopt the barbershop
style, he had to learn about
things like “hangers.”

‘Walking straight in’
These are the notes one
holds a long time, for as
much as four measures in
some cases. It’s a matter of

getting your breath under
control, Curtis said, to fully
“support that note.”
McElvie joined the chorus back in 1989 — and
practically had to force
himself.
“I was afraid to sing
outside the shower,” he
remembered. He resolved
to conquer that fear by
walking straight in.
Once he realized the
audience wasn’t going to
hurt him, he started making real progress.
And McElvie, who was
born in Scotland but grew
up north of London, had
long ago seen a perfor-

mance by another quartet
that left for the United
States around the same
time he did.
It was Liverpool in
1963, and McElvie, then
18, remembers going to a
smoke-filled club where
four young men were playing rock ’n’ roll.
Soon after McElvie
arrived in America in 1964,
he saw the Beatles again
on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
Songs from that era,
plus some earlier classics,
will come to life Saturday
night, and they just might
ignite some memories of

youthful romance, McElvie
said.
“Jukebox Live!” will be
“something you don’t
expect . . . with no pyrotechnics,” just human
voices, making music.
To buy tickets in
advance, stop by The Buzz,
128 N. Sequim Ave., or
Frick’s, 609 W. Washington
St. in Sequim, or at one of
these downtown Port Angeles outlets: Port Book &
News, 104 E. First St., the
Peninsula Daily News, 305
W. First St., or the Itty
Bitty Buzz, 110 E. First St.
Information is also available at 360-582-1405.

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The Chairs to improvise Comedy contest
a few laughs Saturday to fill Upstage in PT
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PORT TOWNSEND —
The Chairs, a troupe of
teenagers dedicated to
improvisational performance, are coming next to
Better Living Through Coffee this Saturday night.
The 7 p.m. show will
combine The Chairs’
improv skills with input
from the audience, promises Joey Pipia, the troupe’s
director. The ensemble,
based at the Chameleon
Theater in Port Townsend,
is on its first road trip,
which includes stops in
Port Angeles, Sequim and
Poulsbo.

Funny scenes
At each performance,
The Chairs unleash shortform improvisations in
which the performers aim
to be quick, situational and
comic, Pipia said.
And Saturday’s show
may well be “a wild time,”
he added.
With this troupe, the
audience takes a front-andcenter role, since all of the

Misha Cassella-Blackburn, left , Simon
Dusseljee and Jae Dvorak are among the
members of The Chairs Improv troupe
performing Saturday night at Better Living
through Coffee in Port Townsend.
improvisation will spring
from the onlookers’ suggestions.
Members of Pipia’s invitation-only troupe are Jae
Dvorak,16, Isaac Urner, 17,
and Misha Cassella-Black-

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from Olympia;
■ Don Kaye, a Brinnonbased substance-abuse
counselor who does standup comedy around Washington state;
■ Comedians Shannon
Whaley, Katie Ruth Morgan, Xung Lam, Philip Fox,
Dan Farley and Chase
Roper.
More may be added,
Strout said, noting that
this is an all-ages show —
with discretion advised
since the comics have
been known to use

adult language.
“My goal is to do this
contest every year and
possibly expand it into a
weekend-long comedy
festival here on the Peninsula,” he added.
The cover charge for
the evening is $5 plus
purchase of a menu-item
or two beverages.
For more information,
phone The Upstage at
360-385-2216 or visit
www.OlyPenComedy.
blogspot.com.

burn, Solomon Dusseljee
and Katherine Atkins, all
14.
Admission to The
Chairs’ performance is by
donation at Better Living
Through Coffee, 100 Tyler
St.
For more details, phone
360-379-1068 or e-mail
Pipia at joey@olmpus.net.

PORT TOWNSEND —
The house may well shake
with laughter this Saturday night, as Port Angeles
comedian Laura O’Neal
hosts the second annual
Olympic Peninsula Comedy
Contest, a competition in
which the audience vote
determines the winner.
O’Neal, the 2010 contest
champion, will start the
proceedings at 8 p.m.
inside The Upstage Theatre and Restaurant, 923
Washington St., in downtown Port Townsend. The
lineup of rivals, assembled
by Olympic Peninsula
Comedy promoter Steve
Strout, includes:
■ Yogi Paliwal, a Seattle comic developing a following in Port Townsend;
■ Barbara Holm,
another Seattle comedian
who has performed at that
city’s Bumbershoot arts
festival and at the Castlebraid Comedy Festival in
Brooklyn, N.Y.;
■ Alex Meyer, who has
appeared on Comedy Central’s Atom TV;
■ Amos Mack, a
nationally touring comic

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Northwind Arts Center
offers up war stories

returned to school and had
a full life as professor,
writer, director and poet
and died in Port Townsend
in 2007 at age 83; Genet
died a violent death at age
20 in April 1917, just after
his country entered World
War I.
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is written in the first person, in Genetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice.
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and admission is free. For
details, phone Mawhinney
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Legion. They were all eager
to learn to fly, although
most had no flight experience prior to joining the
Lafayette Escadrille.
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developed less than 15
years earlier.
PORT TOWNSEND â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
Genetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was of parA special reading and
reception are set for 7 p.m. ticular interest to Kahn
because of many similariThursday at the Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jef- ties in their experiences:
Genet in World War I and
ferson St., just off Sims
Kahn in World War II.
Way.
Both kept war diaries
Jim Watson-Gove, the
which were later published;
publisher at Minotaur
Press, will join Don Roberts both men were eager to
and Bill Mawhinney to
fight. Both had devoted
honor the late Sy Kahn
mothers who wrote to their
and his final work, The Life sons almost daily; in both
of Edmond Genet.
wars, the only method for
The book-length poem
maintaining contact with
tells the story of Edmond
home was by mail. Each
Charles Clinton Genet,
was the youngest man in
who flew with the French
his unit, and both left girlLafayette Escadrille in
friends at home with the
World War I. The poemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
hope of reuniting at warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
first five chapters were
end. Then, both men were
written over a period of
rejected while overseas.
years as Kahn completed
his research, and shortly
Different ends
before his death he dictated the framework and
Though separated by
the essence of the poemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
more than 90 years, Genet
final chapter to his wife
and Kahn were subjected
Janet Kahn.
to similar wartime circumShe has prepared the
stances and dreadful condipoem for publication and
tions. Before finally joining
will introduce Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
the Lafayette Escadrille in
reading.
January 1917, Genet
deserted the U.S. Navy in
Lafayette Escadrille
1915 to fight with the
French Foreign Legion on
In his research about
wartime, Kahn came upon the bloody battlefields of
Europe.
the story of the Lafayette
The Secretary of the
Escadrille, which was
Navy later gave him a full
under the command of
posthumous pardon.
French officers. Its memKahn served in the U.S.
bers were Americans who
Army Transportation
wanted to fight the GerCorps in the South Pacific,
mans even before the
United States entered the
survived more than 350
war.
bombings, participated in
Some of the men
four island invasions and
attracted to the unit, first
remained in the South
formed in 1916, were
Pacific for more than 27
already fighting or partici- months without respite.
pating in World War I as
The major difference,
ambulance drivers or mem- though, was that Kahn
bers of the French Foreign survived World War II,

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one manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s WWI
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Friday, February 18, 2011

Schools of thought

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Artist
Ray Troll
to reveal
tales
behind
‘fin art’

By Diane Urbani
de la Paz
Peninsula Spotlight

full moon.
But Troll, 56, is more
than a shirt cartoonist. He’s
an endlessly curious, even
awestruck observer of the
natural world who’s published eight books now, from
Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway
to his latest, Something
Fishy This Way Comes.
Both Troll and Fishy are
coming this way next week.
The author and artist will
give a slide show of images
from the new book — plus
some pictures that got away
— at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the
Port Angeles Library, 2210
S. Peabody St. Admission is
free, while Troll’s books will
be for sale.

PORT ANGELES — Fish:
They’re musical, they’re
tragically romantic and they
play a good poker game.
In Ray Troll’s mind, that
is. The self-described “fin
artist” of Ketchikan, Alaska,
is always seeing creatures
in new scenarios, and then
picturing those scenarios on
people’s chests via his
T-shirts.
Just a few from the Troll
school of thought: “Fish and
Chips,” where they’re all
holding aces, “Jammin’
Salmon” with fish wielding
string instruments, and
“Salmon: the Fish that Dies
for Love,” an image of
‘Local character’
spawning beneath the
Port Book & News of Port
Angeles and the nonprofit Coastal Watershed Institute are hosting Troll, who has
emerged from his studio
and gallery in Ketchikan for a Pacific Northwest tour. The artist,
who has degrees from
Bethany College in
Kansas and from Washington State University,
went north 28 years ago
and found his natural
habitat.
“I like small-town life;
I’m sort of a local character,” Troll said in an
interview this week
from his streamside gallery, the Soho Coho.
“I’m part of the scenery,” so when you bring
your visiting relatives
through town, “you’ve

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got to go see the
crazy guy on
the creek.”
Ketchikan
got 157 inches
of precipitation
this past year,
which made it
another good
year for artmaking. Troll is
happily steeped
in and perpetually fascinated
by Northwest
native culture,
Mother Nature
and her humbler creatures.
When asked
what he aims to
give people via
his art, Troll
said he hopes to
get humans
interested in
“the vastly
under-appreciated” fish such
as Pacific spiny
lumpsuckers.
These babycarrot-size fish
are similar to
puffers, in that
they inhale
water or air to
inflate their bodies like minute balloons.
In the larger picture, Troll
paints to share his sense of
wonder about the world,
and about our place in it.
Among his books on this
theme is Sharkabet: A Sea
of Sharks from A to Z, which
Troll will discuss in another
presentation Wednesday
morning at Franklin Ele-

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tary School in Port
eles.
Ray Troll has attained
status,” said Alan
ner, owner of Port Book
ews. “Whatever he has
duced has always been
ular; Cruisin’ the Fossil
way and Sharkabet
cially so.”
he author has been gen-

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Images from a diverse body of humorous and
scientifically accurate work will be part of a
slide show presented by artist-author Ray Troll
this Tuesday night at the Port Angeles Library.

months, Troll has been
painting a mural, “Puget
Sound Fishes,” for the
University of Washington’s School of Aquatic
and Fishery Sciences.
Once he’s finished with
that, he plans to “feed
the T-shirt monster” —
the hungry market for
his shirt-based comedy
— with some fresh fish
images.
“It’s a happy monster,”
erous with his time, Turner Sea, and Dancing to the
Troll
said, adding that
added, and readily agreed
Fossil Record, and kept
he’s grateful, after some
when Turner asked him to
Cruisin the Fossil Freeway
30 years, to be making a
do the program at Franklin. beside their books of Calvin living from making his
“The man is simply briland Hobbes cartoons.
art.
liant,” added Anne Shaffer
Among Shaffer’s favorite
Troll relishes the ongoof the Coastal Watershed
Troll T-shirt art captions are ing pursuit of the new
Institute. When her children “Wild King, You Make My
and fresh in his work.
were small, they spent
Heart Sing” and “Twist and
“It’s a challenge. You
hours with Troll’s Planet
Trout.”
use your noggin,” he said,
Ocean: a Story of Life, the
For the past eight
adding that he draws

some new images, then
“runs them up the flagpole. Some die a quiet
death,” when people
don’t respond.
“Sometimes, the ones I
thought were really cool
and wonderful are
rejects,” and don’t make
it into his books.
A few of those will
resurface, though, in his
slide presentation Tuesday night, along with the
the paintings that did
get into Something Fishy.
And for the backstory,
Troll will tell the tale of
how he came to be an
artist and how he ended
up, against expectation,
in Alaska.
“Basically,” he said,
“this is a slide show of
the funny stuff.”

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Young cellist, veteran pianist play in PT
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PORT TOWNSEND —
This month’s Candlelight
Concert promises to be a
“special occasion,” said

organizer Dan Purnell.
The event this Thursday
features 12-year-old Madelyn Kowalski’s first solo
performance with her cello,
with accompaniment by

internationally traveled
pianist Lisa Lanza, and a
program of music of Franz
Joseph Haydn, J.S. Bach
and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
The 7 p.m. recital will

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be at the Trinity United
Methodist Church, 609
Taylor St., across from the
uptown Community Center.
Haydn’s concerto in C
Major for cello and piano
and sonata in G major,
Bach’s Cello Suite and
Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise for
cello and piano are all on
the program.
“Madelyn is a dedicated
and talented young musician. It is a joy working
with her,” Lanza said of
Kowalski, who is homeschooled and travels to
Seattle twice a week for
cello lessons.

Together again
The pair have played
together in other local benefit concerts, and “it has
been delightful taking part
in her musical growth,”
Lanza added. “The Candlelight Concert offers the
community the opportunity
to follow the path of a
maturing musician, and to
support young talent
within the community.”

Lisa Lanza, left, and 12-year-old cellist Madelyn
Kowalski will offer music of Bach, Haydn and
Rachmaninoff this Thursday at the Trinity United
Methodist Church in Port Townsend.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday for the recital,
and admission is a suggested $10 donation for
adults, while children get
in free.
Proceeds benefit Port
Townsend charities and the

Trinity United Methodist
Church’s Victorian restoration program.
Refreshments will be
served following the performance.
For more information,
phone 360-774-1644.

A glassblower (DD
Wigley),
left, tries
teaching
her sister
(Patricia
Earnest) to
“lean into
the heat” in
“The Glass
Kingdom,” a
one-act play
premiering
at the
Playwrights’
Festival,
continuing
this week in
Port
Townsend.

Attendees encouraged to dress
for Hawaiian/tropical theme

Philip L. Baumgaertner

Playwrights’ Festival
continues this week
By Diane Urbani
de la Paz

Friday, February 18, 2011

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’50s, in the tradition of
Glenn Miller, Tommy
Dorsey, Stan Kenton and
Duke Ellington. Along with
swing, the waltz, fox trot
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big band strikes up at 8 p.m. and Latin moves are
and keeps on till 11 p.m.
strongly encouraged during
PORT TOWNSEND
Admission,which
tonight’s party, as is
— “Hot swing” is the
includes the lesson, is $15
Hawaiian and tropicaltheme for tonight’s allfor adults, $10 for students themed attire in keeping
ages dance starring the
and for people with disabil- with the “hot swing” idea.
Buz Whiteley Big Band
ities and $7 for children
This event is sponsored
at the Port Townsend
by Olympic Peninsula
Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St. age 12 and younger. Kids
The evening will start who come to the dance
Dance, which holds dances
with a parent, however, get usually on the third Friday
with a dance lesson at 7
p.m. with the graceful
in free.
of every month. For details,
and enthusiastic Steve
Buz Whiteley’s outfit
phone 360-385-6919 or 360Johnson and Sonja
specializes in music from
385-5327 or visit www.
Hickey teaching. Then the the 1920s up through the
olympicpeninsuladance.com.

tyrdom of Washington
“Here’s to the Ladies!” last
Booth,” a story of a lethal
year;
Friday
virus that forces an ethical
■ Informal “AfterPeninsula Spotlight
Words” discussions with
dilemma on a young
Port Angeles Fine Arts
PORT TOWNSEND —
the playwrights and cast
woman, arrives on the
Center — “Outbreak!” show of
The 15th annual Playfollow all shows.
stage this Sunday and
paintings by Bryn Barnard,
wrights’ Festival continues Wednesday at 7 p.m. and
1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., 10
Tickets to festival perthroughout this week in
a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday
formances range from $10
next Saturday, Feb. 26, at
the intimate Key City Play- 2:30 p.m.;
to $18 and are available in through Sunday. Free. Phone
house, with one-act plays
360-457-3532.
■ Tuesday is for staged advance at Quimper
and a new musical — all
Sound, 230 Taylor St., and
readings at 7 p.m. of the
Peninsula College Magic
from local writers — plus
by phoning the Key City
award-winning one-act
of Cinema series — “Wheeworkshop productions of
box office at 360-379-0195. dle’s Groove.” Little Theater,
plays “Stalling Tactics” by
plays by Andrea Stolowitz
Remaining tickets will
Jerry
Chawes,
“Quiet”
by
Peninsula College, 1502 E.
of Portland, Ore., and Jeni
Lauridsen Blvd., 7 p.m. AdmisDavid
H.
Schroeder
and
be
sold
before
show
time
at
Mahoney of McCall, Idaho.
sion $5 adults, $1 students
“Dreamtime”
by
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the
door
of
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The festival’s next 10
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■ The three winners of
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For the juicy details
the Port Townsend Arts
a
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musical
by
Linda
about
all
of
the
festival
Monday Musicale — Live
Commission’s 2010 Oneplays, visit www.KeyCitychamber music, Queen of
Act Play Competition take Dowdell, the co-creator of
Key City Public Theatre’s
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the stage Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through
Feb. 27. They are “Ransom”
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PS At the Movies: Week of February 18-24
Port Angeles
“Big Mommas: Like
Father, Like Son” (PG-13) —
Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) and his stepson go
undercover at an all-girls
school for the performing arts
to find a killer. With Brandon T.
Jackson and Jessica Lucas. At
Lincoln Theater. Showtimes 5
p.m. and 7:05 p.m. daily, plus
9:10 p.m. today through Sunday, plus 12:50 p.m. and 2:55
p.m. Saturday through Monday.

“I Am Number Four” (PG13) — John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) seems like an ordinary
teenager, but he has a secret:
He is an alien fugitive on the
run from merciless enemies
who are hunting him and the
eight others like him. Always
changing his identity and moving to different towns with his
guardian, Henri (Timothy Olyphant), John has no real past
and no true home. However, in
the small Ohio town where he
now lives, John discovers first
love, powerful new abilities
and a connection to others of
his kind. With Dianna Agron.
At Deer Park Cinema. Showtimes 5:05 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.
daily, plus 9:25 p.m. today
through Sunday, plus 12:45
p.m. and 2:55 p.m. Saturday
through Monday.

“The King’s Speech” (R)
— England’s Prince Albert
(Colin Firth) must ascend the
throne as King George VI, but
he has a speech impediment.
Knowing that the country
needs her husband to be able
to communicate effectively,
Elizabeth (Helena Bonham
Carter) hires Lionel Logue
(Geoffrey Rush), an Australian
actor and speech therapist, to
help him overcome his stammer. An extraordinary friendship develops between the two
men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the
monarch how to speak with
confidence. At Deer Park Cinema. Showtimes 4:50 p.m.
and 7:10 p.m. daily, plus 9:30
p.m. today through Sunday,
plus 1:30 p.m. Saturday
through Monday.

“Unknown” (PG-13) —
After a serious car accident in
Berlin, Dr. Martin Harris (Liam
Neeson) awakes to find his
world in utter chaos. His wife
does not recognize him;
another man is using his identity, and mysterious assassins
are hunting him. The authorities do not believe his claims,
and he must go on the run
alone. With an unlikely ally,
Martin leaps into a perplexing
“Sanctum” (R) — Though
situation that will force him to
it is one of the least-accessible discover how far he is willing
cave systems on Earth, skilled to go for the truth. With Diane
diver Frank McGuire (Richard
Kruger, January Jones, and
Roxburgh) and his team have
Aidan Quinn. At Deer Park
explored the South Pacific’s
Cinema. Showtimes 5:10 p.m.
Esa-ala Caves for months.
and 7:25 p.m. daily, plus 9:35
When a flash flood cuts off
p.m. today through Sunday,
their exit, they are caught in a plus 12:50 p.m. and 3 p.m.
life-or-death situation. With
Saturday through Monday.
supplies dwindling, the divers
must navigate a treacherous
Port Townsend
underwater labyrinth to find a
new escape route or else die
“Barney’s Version” (R) —
in the process. At Lincoln
A detective’s book prompts a
Theater. Showtimes 7:10 p.m. thrice-married TV producer
daily, plus 9:15 p.m. today
(Paul Giamatti) to revisit
through Sunday.
events surrounding his best
friend’s long-ago disappear“True Grit” (PG-13) — A
ance. With Rosamund Pike,
14-year-old girl (Hailee Steinfeld) enlists the aid of Rooster
Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), a
boozy and trigger-happy lawman, to track the fugitive (Josh
Brolin) who killed her father.
The bickering duo must contend with a Texas Ranger
(Matt Damon), also hot on the
trail. This remake of the John
Wayne film is directed by Joel
and Ethan Coen. At Deer Park
Cinema. Showtimes 5 p.m.
and 7:10 p.m. daily, plus 9:15
p.m. today through Sunday,
plus 12:45 p.m. and 2:55 p.m.
Saturday through Monday.
ship to the next level by having
sex. Afraid of ruining their
friendship, the new lovers make
a pact to keep things purely
physical, with no fighting, no
jealousy and no expectations.
The question then becomes:
Which one will fall first? With
Kevin Kline. At Lincoln Theater. Showtimes 5:05 p.m. daily,
plus 12:55 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday through Monday.

“Waste Land” (NR) — In
this documentary, Artist Vik
Muniz returns to his native
Brazil to launch a project at
Jardim Gramacho, the world’s
largest garbage dump. At
Rose Theatre. Showtimes
2:30 p.m. today and Monday
through Thursday, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday.
“Somewhere” (R) — While
recuperating from an injury at
Beverly Hills’ famed Chateau
Marmont, bad-boy actor
Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff)
receives a visit from his young
daughter, Cleo (Elle Fanning).
Though his mind is not on parenting, she has a way of inserting herself into her father’s
daily routine. Slowly, the two
bond, forcing Johnny to reexamine his life of excesses
and his relationship with Cleo.
Written and directed by Sophia
Coppola. Winner Golden Lion
Award, Best Picture at 2010
Venice Film Festival. At the

to be married so that he can
enjoy future dates with no
strings attached. His web of
lies works all too well, and
when he meets Palmer (Brooklyn Decker), the woman of his
dreams, she resists getting
involved. Instead of coming
clean, Danny enlists the aid of
his long-suffering assistant,
Katherine (Jennifer Aniston), to
pretend to be his soon-to-beex-wife. However, instead of
solving Danny’s problems, the
lies create more trouble. With
Nicole Kidman. At Deer Park
Cinema. Showtimes 4:55 p.m.
and 7:15 p.m. daily, plus 9:30
p.m. today through Sunday,
plus 1:15 p.m. Saturday
through Monday.

“The Company Men” (R)
— A young executive at a shipping and manufacturing conglomerate, Bobby Walker (Ben
Affleck), is on the fast track to
the top. Then his company
goes through a few rounds of
layoffs, and Bobby and colleagues Phil and Gene (Chris
Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones)
find themselves on the unemployment line. As the year
unfolds, all three must redefine
their lives as they struggle to
survive in a hostile post-career
landscape. Also with Kevin
Costner. At Rose Theatre.
Showtime 4 p.m. and 7:20 p.m.

“Gnomeo and Juliet” (G) —
In Stratford-Upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare,
neighbors Miss Capulet and Mr.
Montague are feuding over
whose garden is the best. The
garden gnomes that decorate
each neighbor’s garden continue
the rivalry when the humans
aren’t looking, and neither
gnomes from the Red or Blue
gardens get along. So when
Gnomeo (voice of James McAvoy), a Blue, and Juliet (voice of
Emily Blunt), a Red, fall in love,
they have more obstacles to
overcome than just lawn mowers
and pink plastic flamingoes. With
Michael Caine and Maggie
Smith providing the voices for
Lord Redbrick and Lady Bluebury. At Lincoln Theater. Showtimes 5:10 p.m. and 7 p.m. daily,
plus 9 p.m. today through Sunday, plus 1 p.m. and 3:05 p.m.
Saturday through Monday.

Minnie Driver and Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Richard J.
Lewis. Giamatti won the
Golden Globe, Best Actor
award for this role. At Rose
Theatre. Showtimes 4:30 p.m.
and 7 p.m.